It arises above Atasu and flows generally westward to Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward past Birlestik and Zhanabas, then heading ever-more southerly it ends in the Telikol, across a cluster of small intermittent lakes at the western end of the Ashchykol Depression and to the east of the Dariyaly plain.
This river begins above Atasu and flows generally westward to Kzyl-Dzhar, where it makes a southwest turn past Birlestik and Zhanabas, then continues southward until it reaches its endpoint in the Telikol, situated near a group of small lakes at the western edge of the Ashchykol Depression and east of the Dariyaly plain.