Zharagash

Salt lake in Baraba Plain
54°14′39″N 76°46′27″E / 54.24417°N 76.77417°E / 54.24417; 76.77417TypeSalt lakeBasin countriesKazakhstanMax. length5 kilometers (3.1 mi)Max. width3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi)Surface area11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi)IslandsnoneSettlementsPavlodar

Zharagash (Kazakh: Жарағаш Russian: Жарагаш) is a salt lake in Zhelezin District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.[1]

The lake lies 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) to the east of Mayly village, about 0.3 kilometers (0.19 mi) west of the Kazakhstan-Russia border, and 31 kilometers (19 mi) to the WSW of Kupino, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation.[2][3]

Geography

Zharagash is part of the Irtysh basin. It is a steppe lake of the Baraba Plain, located about 60 kilometers (37 mi) to the southwest of Lake Chany, the largest lake of the area, on the other side of the border. Lake Kyzyltuz lies 43 kilometers (27 mi) to the south.[3][2][1]

The shores of the lake are flat, with two big indentations on the western side and a long projection in the east. The water is salty and its salinity increases in the summer, when it often dries up, becoming a salt marsh.[4]

Flora and fauna

The environment of Zharagash is too strongly saline to support any fauna in its waters. Reeds and grasses grow in some stretches of the salt marshes surrounding the lake.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Google Earth
  3. ^ a b ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
  4. ^ a b ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

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  • Железинский район
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