Kurshim, also Kurchum or Kurchim (Kazakh: Күршім, Kürşım) is a selo and administrative center of Kurshim District of East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.

[1] The Kurchum River flows past the town and Lake Zaysan lies to the south.

[2][3] The town lies on the road between the villages of Altyn Kala to the north-west and Surulen to the east; this road connects with the M38 road in the southeast which leads to Jeminay across the Chinese border in Xinjiang.

[4] In late 1989 or early 1990 the town was affected by an earthquake which destroyed the Kurchum Hospital,[5] amongst other buildings.

The landscape around the town is dominated by estuarine plains.