| Esentai Vesnovka | |
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| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| State | Almaty Region |
| City | Almaty |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Malaya Almatinka |
• coordinates | 43°25′08″N 77°00′08″E / 43.4189°N 77.0022°E |
| Length | 43 km (27 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Malaya Almatinka→ Kaskelen→ Ili→ Lake Balkhash |
The Esentai (Kazakh: Есентай), also known as the Vesnovka in Russian, (Russian: Весновка) is a left branch river of the Malaya Almatinka (Kazakh: Kishi Almaty). The river bifurcates at the last distributary of the Small Almaty Gorge which runs in the city of Almaty, to the west of the Gornaya Street.