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Katynkol

Coordinates: 49°44′21″N 75°09′30″E / 49.73917°N 75.15833°E / 49.73917; 75.15833
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Katynkol
Қатынкөл
Sentinel-2 image of the lake in September
Katynkol is located in Kazakhstan
Katynkol
Katynkol
LocationKazakh Uplands
Coordinates49°44′21″N 75°09′30″E / 49.73917°N 75.15833°E / 49.73917; 75.15833
Typeendorheic
Primary inflowsZharym
Catchment area364 square kilometers (141 sq mi)
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length5.5 kilometers (3.4 mi)
Max. width2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi)
Surface area9.5 square kilometers (3.7 sq mi)
Max. depth3.2 meters (10 ft)
Water volume17.04 cubic kilometers (4.09 cu mi)
Residence timeUTC+6
Shore length116.3 kilometers (10.1 mi)
Islandsnone
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Katynkol (Kazakh: Қатынкөл) is a salt lake in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.[1][2]

The lake is located 40 kilometers (25 mi) to the northwest of Karkaraly city.[3] Katynkol usually freezes in November and thaws in April.[4]

Geography

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Katynkol is an endorheic lake part of the wide Karasor Basin. Its water is salty, containing sodium and magnesium chlorides.[5][4] It lies less than 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) to the southwest of the western end of lake Karasor and lake Saumalkol lies 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) to the northwest of the northwestern shore. There is a headland in the northeastern lakeshore forming a wide bay in the northern sector of the lake. There are as well several small inlets, forming indentations up to 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) in length. Part of the shore is steep, bound by grey sandstone cliffs of moderate height.[3][5][6]

The lake stretches from north to south for 5.5 kilometers (3.4 mi). It is fed mainly by melted snow and groundwater, as well as some precipitation and rarely dries in the summer. River Zharym, having its sources in the northern slopes of the Karkaraly Range, flows from the south into the southern end of the lake.[3]

Flora

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The land around Katynkol consists largely of plowed agricultural fields.[7] The vegetation of the flat terraced areas by the lakeshore includes fescue, wormwood, licorice and needlegrass.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan
  3. ^ a b c Google Earth
  4. ^ a b c Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: " Kazakh Encyclopedia " LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
  5. ^ a b Karasor Lake - BirdLife Data Zone
  6. ^ Jilili Abuduwaili, Gulnura Issanova, Galymzhan Saparov, Hydrology and Limnology of Central Asia. p. 177
  7. ^ News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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