Ashchyozek

Ashchyozek is a dry watercourse in the steppe north of Lake Balkhash. Its bed lies in the arid country where rivers and seasonal streams descend from the central Kazakh uplands towards the lake basin. Ancient hunters left stone tools in the northern Balkhash region, including at Sayak to the east, revealing a long human presence in a landscape of open steppe and intermittent watercourses.