Turgay Depression

The Turgay Depression, also known as Turgay Basin, Turgay Trough, and Turgay Hollow, is a structural basin in . The depression is named after the , which flows southwards along a stretch of the trough.
  • Valley with an elevation of around 110 metres (370 feet)
  • Description: plain in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as
    “Torghay Qolaty”
    “Turgai Gates”
    “Turgai Trough”
    “Turgai Valley (Turgayskaya Dolina)”
    “Turgay Gates”
    “Turgayskaya Lozhbina”
    “Turgayskiye Vorota”
  • Category: landform
  • Location
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Latitude
52° north
Longitude
64.5° or 64° 30′ east
Open location code
9J462G22+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Turgay Depression” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Тургайская лагчына”
  • Bulgarian: “Тургайска падина”
  • Catalan: “depressió de Torğai”
  • Cebuano: “Torghay Qolaty”
  • Cebuano: “Turgayskaya Dolina”
  • Czech: “Turgajská brána”
  • Finnish: “Turgain painanne”
  • French: “Dépression de Tourgaï”
  • Georgian: “თურღაის ხეობა”
  • Hungarian: “Turgaj-kapu”
  • Kazakh: “Torghay Zhylghasy”
  • Kazakh: “Торғай Қолаты”
  • Persian: “حوضه تورگای”
  • Polish: “Brama Turgajska”
  • Russian: “Тургайская долина”
  • Russian: “Тургайская ложбина”
  • Slovak: “Turgajská brána”
  • Swedish: “Torghay Qolaty”
  • Swedish: “Turgayskaya Dolina”
  • Turkish: “Turgay Çöküntüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Тургайська долина”
  • Uzbek: “Toʻrgʻay soyligi”

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