Bargana (; ) is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). I ...

Akkuly District Akkuly (), until 2018 Lebyazhye (, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Akkuly (, ''Aqquly''; formerly Akku, , ''Aqqu'' (2018-1996); Lebyazhye ( (until 1996)). Popula ...

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. Bargana lake is located west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border, to the southwest of Shoktal village and east of Maykaragay. Akkuly, the district capital, lies roughly to the southwest.

Geography

Bargana is part of the

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basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the

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. Lake Malybay is located to the southwest and red lake Kyzyltuz further to the west. Seiten lies to the WNW,

Borli Borli () is an alkaline lake in Akkuly District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies to the NNE of Akkuly, the district capital, and about southeast of Pavlodar, the regional capital. Geography Borly is part of the Irtysh basin. It li ...

to the west, and Sormoildy to the SSE. Lake Gornostalevo lies to the northeast and Malinovoye to the east, both on the other side of the border. The Irtysh river flows to the southwest. The lake has an elongated, irregular shape, stretching roughly from southeast to northwest for about . The eastern and northern coastlines are rocky. The remaining lakeshore sections are flat and swampy, fringed by

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es.

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" Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 , volume VI

Flora and fauna

Lake Bargana is surrounded by steppe vegetation. Its waters are used for watering local livestock until autumn, when the salinity increases and they become unsuitable for the purpose.

References

External links

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Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
Lakes of Pavlodar Region Kulunda Steppe Kazakhstan–Russia border {{PavlodarRegion-geo-stub

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

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