Kalibek

Saltlake in Kazakhstan
53°52′N 70°37′E / 53.867°N 70.617°E / 53.867; 70.617TypeendorheicCatchment area2,660 square kilometers (1,030 sq mi)Basin countriesKazakhstanMax. length17 kilometers (11 mi)Max. width7.3 kilometers (4.5 mi)Surface area110 square kilometers (42 sq mi)Max. depth2 meters (6 ft 7 in)Water volume0.6 cubic kilometers (0.14 cu mi)Residence timeUTC+6Shore length170 kilometers (43 mi)Surface elevation85.6 meters (281 ft)1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kalibek (Kazakh: Қалыбек; Russian: Калибек)[1][2] is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[3]

Taiynsha town, the administrative center of the district, lies 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the west of the lake.[4]

Geography

Kalibek lies in the southern part of the Ishim Plain, southwest of the Russian border.[5] It is an endorheic lake located in a depression between Shaglyteniz to the west and Kishi-Karoy to the east. Alabota lake lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the ESE.[6][4] Kalibek is fed mainly by snow and rain. The lake bottom is clayey and its shores are low and gently-sloping. Its surface greatly decreases after the spring floods.[7]

A number of intermittent small streams flow into the lakeshore, the two main ones from the southwest. Ushsay, a small, narrow lake located in the northeast, is connected to Kalibek by a channel. Formerly there was exploitation of salt for commercial purposes at the lake.[8]

2021 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in December.

See also

References

  1. ^ қазақстан республикасының мемлекеттік жіктеуіші - КЛАССИФИКАТОР АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО – ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ
  2. ^ Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
  3. ^ "N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Google Earth
  5. ^ North Kazakhstan Region - Minerals and Water Resources
  6. ^ The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems
  7. ^ Калибек; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
  8. ^ Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments

External links

  • Media related to Qalybek Lake at Wikimedia Commons
  • Kalibek — Lakes - LakeNet
  • GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF SALINE LAKES IN THE NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION
  • ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНАЯ НАЦИЯ В ФОКУСЕ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ (in Russian)
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