Kushum River

General data
- Name: Kushum River
- Water system: Ural
- Water type: River
- Progression: Ural -> Caspian Sea -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Kazakhstan
Description
The Kushum or Koshim (Kazakh: Көшім; Russian: Кушум) is a river in the West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. It is 375 kilometres long. The Kushum is a distributary of the Ural river. It flows across the Bayterek, Akzhaik and Zhanakala districts. Its water is used for agricultural irrigation and the riverbanks as grazing ground for local cattle. The last stretch of the river, including the lakes adjoining it, is a 175,315 ha Important Bird Area. The main fish species in the Kushum include zander, common bream, white-eye bream, chub, perch, silver bream, ruffe, common rudd, blue bream and sabrefish.