Sileti

The Sileti (Сілеті; Силети) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is 407 km long and has a catchment area of 18500 km2.

The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.

Course
The sources of the Sileti are near Bozaigyr village in the Kazakh Uplands. It flows roughly northeastwards in its upper and middle course, parallel to the Teneke. As it reaches its last stretch the river divides into branches and bends northwards to the west of lake Zhalauly. In periods of adequate rainfall the river flows into the endorheic lake Siletiteniz from its southern end, but in dry years it doesn't reach the lake.

The main tributaries of the Sileti are Koyandy, Akzhar, Zhartas, Kedey, Sholakkarasu and Shili. The Sileti Dam (Сілеті бөгені) with an area of 200 km2, was built near Sileti village in 1965, 133 km from the mouth of the river. Its reservoir provides water to Stepnogorsk city, located 140 km to the north. The water is used for drinking, industrial and agricultural purposes. The river is frozen between late October or mid November until late March or early April. In some stretches it freezes to the bottom.