Ayat (river)

The Ayat (Russian and Bashkir: Аят, Ayat; Kazakh: Аят: Aıat) is a river in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia and Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Ayat is formed by the confluence of Karataly-Ayat and Archagly-Ayat. The river flows into the Karatomar reservoir, which is drained by the river Tobol. The length of the river is 117 km, with a catchment area of 13,300 km².^[1]

Ayat
Location
Country	Russia, Kazakhstan
Region	Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kostanay Region
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of rivers Karataly-Ayat and Archagly-Ayat
Mouth	Karatomar reservoir
• coordinates	52.8774°N 62.8346°E / 52.8774; 62.8346
Length	117 km (73 mi)
Basin size	13,300 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea

Hydrology

Much of the basin is formed by 383 drainless lakes (total area 208 km².). Russian part of the river has a length of 23 km and a watershed area of 8571 km².^[1]

The soils of the basin are mostly sandy and loam, occasionally salt. Laboissiere alluvial channels the channel is located in a well defined river valley.

In winter, the river often freezes to the bottom. Freezing was observed 5 times in past 43 years.

In art

• "Tobol and Ayat" — a poem by Yevtushenko.

References

1. "State water register of the Russian Federation: Ayat". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.

• Water resources of the Chelyabinsk region