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Büyen

Coordinates: 45°39′06″N 79°05′38″E / 45.6516°N 79.094°E / 45.6516; 79.094
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Büyen
Map
Location
CountryKazakhstan
Physical characteristics
MouthJalkum desert
 • coordinates
45°39′06″N 79°05′38″E / 45.6516°N 79.094°E / 45.6516; 79.094

The Büyen (Kazakh: Бүйен, Büien) is a river of Kazakhstan. Its source is in the Dzungarian Alatau. It flows to the north, parallel to the Aksu to its east, and vanishes in the Jalkum desert south of Lake Balkhash. The Bronze Age settlement Tasbas is located in the upper Büyen valley.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Spengler, R.N. "Botanical Resource Use in the Bronze and Iron Age of the Central Eurasian Mountain/Steppe Interface: Decision Making in Multiresource Pastoral Economies" (PDF). Washington University in St. Louis. p. 98.