| Karasuk | |
| Other Name: | Карасук |
| Source1: | Ob Plateau |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 54.6739°N 81.7864°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 105m (344feet) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 53.5858°N 77.5417°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Length: | 531km (330miles) |
| Basin Size: | 111300km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Novosibirsk Oblast |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia |
The Karasuk (ru|Карасук) is a river in the Karasuksky, Krasnozyorsky, Kochkovsky and Chulymsky districts, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is 531km (330miles) long, with a drainage basin of 11300km2.
The source region of the Karasuk River was declared a special protected area on 26 March 2007.[1]
The Karasuk begins some 100km (100miles) southwest of Novosibirsk, at 190m (620feet) above sea level. It flows in a southwesterly direction through a wide valley in the southern part of the Baraba Steppe, and terminates in an endorheic basin of small lakes and swamps at an elevation of 105m (344feet), at the border with Kazakhstan. At high water levels some water will flow through the Chuman (Чуман) River to the Burla (Бурла),[2] which branches from the main river towards the south, east of the town of Karasuk. Yet more water will branch off towards the north at Nizhnecheremoshnoye, via the Baganyonok (Russian: Баганёнок) tributary, to the Bagan River. The Karasuk has no major tributaries, but there are lakes in his basin, such as Astrodym.[3]
At the river's lower reaches lies the town and railway hub of Karasuk, named after the river. Other inhabited places near the banks of the Karasuk include Kochki, Krasnaya Sibir, Chernovka, Reshety, Bukreyevo Pleso, Chernaki, Mayskoye, Mokhnaty Log, Gerbayevo, Krasnozyorskoye, Novy Baganyonok and Kaigorodsky.[4]
