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| name = Karatal River<br />
| image = karatal balkhash.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| image_caption = Satellite image of Karatal River [[river delta|delta]] as it enters [[Lake Balkhash]], September 1996. The darker areas within the river valley [[floodplain]] are areas of irrigation. <br />
| map = Lakebalkhashbasinmap.png<br />
| map_size = 250px<br />
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| map_caption = Map of the Lake Balkhash [[drainage basin]]<br />
| source1_location = [[Dzungarsk-Alatau Mountains]]<br />
| mouth_location = [[Lake Balkhash]]<br />
| basin_countries = [[Kazakhstan]]<br />
| length = {{convert|390|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| source1_elevation = <br />
| discharge1_avg = <br />
| basin_size = {{convert|19100|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<br />
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The '''Karatal River''' ({{lang-ru|Каратал}}; [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: Хартал, ''"Black Steppe"''), also known as the '''Qaratal River''', is a river in [[Kazakhstan]] that originates in the [[Dzungarian Alatau]] Mountains near the border of with [[China]] and flows into [[Lake Balkhash]]. It is the easternmost of two large rivers that flow into the lake; the other is the [[Ili River]].<ref name=NASA/> The Karatal is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]].<br />
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The river flows west-south-west from the border with China before turning north-westward south of [[Taldykorgan]] and then northward when it reaches the [[Saryesik-Atyrau Desert]], a large sand desert south of Lake Balkhash. The river empties into Lake Balkhash near the centerpoint of its southern side. Karatal freezes up in December and stays icebound until March. Because of irrigation, the river's flow into Lake Balkash is limited.<ref name=NASA>[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-79/html/sts079-781-100.html STS-79 Shuttle Mission Imagery] (STS079-781-100) NASA</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* ''[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]''<br />
* [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]<br />
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