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| name              = Aksu River 
| image             = [[File:Balkhash labeled ru.jpg|300px|Balkhash labeled in Russian]] 
| image_caption     = Satellite image of Aksu River [[river delta|delta]] as it enters [[Lake Balkhash]] with the Lepsy River just to the east 
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| map_caption       = Map of the Lake Balkhash [[drainage basin]] 
| source1_location  = [[Dzungarian Alatau]] Mountains 
| mouth_location    = [[Lake Balkhash]] 
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kazakhstan]] 
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The '''Aksu River''' ({{lang-ru|Аксу}}, {{lang-kk|Ақсу}})  is a river in [[Kazakhstan]] that originates in the [[Dzungarian Alatau]] Mountains near the border with [[China]] and flows into [[Lake Balkhash]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Balkash|quote=The Karatal, the Aksu and the Lepsa also enter from the south-east, and the Ayaguz from the north-east.|title=1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Balkash - Wikisource, the free online library |publisher=En.wikisource.org |date=2012-12-23 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref>  In [[Turkic languages]], the name '[[wikt:ak|ak]]+[[wikt:su|su]]' literally means "clean/white water". The Aksu is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]].

The river flows north from the border with China before turning north-westward passing by [[Matay, Kazakhstan|Matay]] and then northward when it reaches the [[Saryesik-Atyrau Desert]], a large sand desert south of Lake Balkhash. The river empties into Lake Balkhash just west of the [[Lepsy River]] on its southern side. Aksu freezes in December and stays icebound until March. Because of irrigation, the river's flow into Lake Balkash is limited.

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[[Category:Rivers of Kazakhstan]]


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