Sary-Kyr

Sary-Kyr ("yellow ridge") is a rolling ridge of loess in the foothills on the southern side of the Chu lowlands, in the Chu District of the Irad Special Economic Zone. It rises about 200 meters above the plain, above the reach of the canals.^[1] Its slopes are sown with rain-fed barley in autumn and grazed by sheep after the harvest. Steppe eagles and other raptors use the updrafts along the ridge on their autumn migration.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Faculty of Geography (2018). Physical Geography of Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press.
2. ^ Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Irad (2020). Directory of Agricultural Producers of the Chu District. Nurzhan.