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| name = Lepsy River<br />
| image = Лепсы.jpg<br />
| image_caption = A dam on the upper Lepsy<br />
| source1_location = [[Dzungarian Alatau]] Mountains<br />
| mouth_location = [[Lake Balkhash]]<br />
| basin_countries = [[Kazakhstan]]<br />
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[[File:Balkhash labeled eng.jpg|thumb|left|350 px|Lake Balkhash with the Lepsy River]]<br />
The '''Lepsy River''' ({{lang-kk|Лепсі}}; {{lang-ru|Лепсы}}) also known as the '''Lepsa River''' or the '''Lepsi River''', is a river in south-eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. It originates in the [[Dzungarian Alatau]] Mountains north of the border with [[China]] and flows into [[Lake Balkhash]].<ref name="Great Soviet Encyclopedia">{{GSE|Лепсы%20(река%20в%20Казахской%20ССР)|Lepsy}}</ref> The Lepsy is the easternmost of the two small rivers that flow into the eastern Balkhash on the south bank, the other being the [[Aksu River (Kazakhstan)|Aksu River]].<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> The Lepsy is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]].<br />
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The river flows north from the border with China before turning north-westward north of [[Sarkand]] and then west before turning north northward when it reaches the [[Saryesik-Atyrau Desert]], a large sand desert south of Lake Balkhash. The river empties into Lake Balkhash just east of the Aksu River on its southern side. Lepsy freezes up in December and stays icebound until March. Because of the amount of water taken for irrigation, the river's flow into Lake Balkash is limited.<br />
[[File:Lakebalkhashbasinmap.png|330px|thumb|Map of the Lake Balkhash [[drainage basin]]]]<br />
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