Its basin is used seasonally for livestock grazing, before the burnout of the grass in the summer.

[3] The name of the river originated in the Kazakh language word for "bowl".

[4] The river originates in springs located in the Mashay Kemer.

In its first stretch it flows roughly westwards to the north of the Saryapankum Sands (Russian: Пески Сарыапанкум).

[1] The river is fed by the winter snows and flows only in the spring.