Kypshak

Kypshak (Kazakh: Қыпшақ), also known as Azhibeksor (Kazakh: Әжібайсор; Russian: Ажибексор),[1][2] is a salt lake in Nura District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.[3][4]

Kypshak
Қыпшақ / Әжібайсор
2011 Landsat-5 image of lakes Kypshak (left) and Kerey
Kypshak is located in Kazakhstan
Kypshak
Kypshak
LocationKazakh Uplands
Coordinates50°08′N 68°23′E
Typeendorheic
Primary inflowsKypshak, Akkoshkar
Primary outflowsnone
Catchment area3,151 square kilometers (1,217 sq mi)
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length10.5 kilometers (6.5 mi)
Max. width8.5 kilometers (5.3 mi)
Surface area64.7 square kilometers (25.0 sq mi)
Shore length137.2 kilometers (23.1 mi)
Surface elevation318.9 meters (1,046 ft)
Islandsnone
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

In the 1930s Kypshak dried up and turned into a salt pan,[5] but in the following decades it filled up once more and on the USSR topographic map of 1989 it was marked again as a lake.[4]

Geography

Kypshak is a roughly triangular-shaped lake that lies at 318.9 meters (1,046 ft) above sea level. It is located 23 kilometers (14 mi) to the southwest of Lake Tengiz and 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) to the west of lake Kerey.[6] It is an endorheic lake, having no outflow. 111 kilometers (69 mi) long river Kypshak flows into the lake from the northwest, and smaller river Akkoshkar from the west.[3]

See also

References

  1. қазақстан республикасының мемлекеттік жіктеуіші - КЛАССИФИКАТОР АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО – ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ
  2. Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
  3. Google Earth
  4. "M-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. Труды Всесоюзного геолого-разведочного объединения НКТП СССР. М.: Государственное научно-техническое горно-геолого-нефтяное издательство. 1934. p. 24.
  6. Nature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jakyp. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
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