Khaiylmysh

Khaiylmysh, known in Russian as the Salmysh, flows through the steppe of the southern Urals to join the Sakmara. Fed chiefly by snow, it rises in spring, freezes in autumn and thaws again in April. The Sakmara carries its waters west and then south to the Ural River, connecting this network of steppe valleys with the great river that eventually reaches the Caspian Sea.