The Ilek is a left tributary of the Ural. It is a steppe river, flowing at the southern end of the Ural Mountains. It rises just south of Orsk, flows south a short distance and then flows westward south of and parallel to the river Ural, with many meanders and oxbow lakes, and joins the Ural about 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Orenburg. Two main cities lie on the banks of the Ilek River: Sol-Iletsk and Aqtöbe (alternate spelling: Aktöbe, Aktyubinsk).
The Ilek remains the most polluted water body in the Ural-Caspian basin. The content of boron and chromium in the river is caused by the tailing ponds of former chemical plants via ground water. The pollution level varies from "polluted" to "very polluted".[4] Tributaries of the Ilek include the Bolshaya Khobda and the Kargaly.
Faunaedit
There are catfish, carp, perch, pike, etc. in the Ilek. It is used for water supply of industrial enterprises, irrigation of agricultural lands.
ilek, river, ilek, kazakh, Елек, elek, russian, Илек, river, aktobe, region, kazakhstan, orenburg, oblast, russia, kilometres, long, drainage, basin, square, kilometres, ilekЕлек, Илекphysical, characteristicssourcemugalzhar, coordinates51, 5097, 3689, 5097, 3. The Ilek Kazakh Elek Elek Russian Ilek is a river in the Aktobe Region Kazakhstan and Orenburg Oblast Russia 1 It is 149 kilometres 93 mi long and has a drainage basin of 13 700 square kilometres 5 300 sq mi 2 IlekElek IlekPhysical characteristicsSourceMugalzhar coordinates51 30 35 N 53 22 08 E 51 5097 N 53 3689 E 51 5097 53 3689MouthUralBasin featuresProgressionUral Caspian SeaTributaries leftKhobda ru rightKargaly The river basin is of archeological significance There are burial sites of ancient Kurgan Indo European cultures 3 Contents 1 Course 2 Fauna 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCourse editThe Ilek is a left tributary of the Ural It is a steppe river flowing at the southern end of the Ural Mountains It rises just south of Orsk flows south a short distance and then flows westward south of and parallel to the river Ural with many meanders and oxbow lakes and joins the Ural about 75 kilometres 47 mi west of Orenburg Two main cities lie on the banks of the Ilek River Sol Iletsk and Aqtobe alternate spelling Aktobe Aktyubinsk The Ilek remains the most polluted water body in the Ural Caspian basin The content of boron and chromium in the river is caused by the tailing ponds of former chemical plants via ground water The pollution level varies from polluted to very polluted 4 Tributaries of the Ilek include the Bolshaya Khobda and the Kargaly Fauna editThere are catfish carp perch pike etc in the Ilek It is used for water supply of industrial enterprises irrigation of agricultural lands See also editList of rivers of KazakhstanReferences edit Ilek Great Soviet Encyclopedia Reka Ilek in the State Water Register of Russia textual ru in Russian Kurgan Culture www iras ucalgary ca Archived from the original on 27 August 2005 Retrieved 13 January 2022 Water resources of Kazakhstan in the new millennium Water Resources Committee of RK 2002External links edit nbsp Media related to Ilek River Akbulaksky District at Wikimedia Commons This article related to a river in Kazakhstan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Orenburg Oblast location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a river in Russia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ilek river amp oldid 1215483023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
