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Maraldy or MaraldiNotes on the distribution of the genus Artemia in the former USSR countries (Russia and adjacent regions)
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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 ...
in Sharbakty and
Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...
districts,
Pavlodar Region Pavlodar Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and The latest official estimate (as at the start of 2022) was 756,511. Its capital is the city of Pavlodar, which had a population of 360,014 at the start of 201 ...
,
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. The lake lies to the east of
Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...
town, about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The A18 highway passes to the north of the lake.ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
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Geography

Maraldy is part of the
Irtysh The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...
basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the
Kulunda Plain The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (, , ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberia. Geography The steppe is located between the Ob and Irtysh rivers in the sout ...
, to the southwest of lake
Bolshoye Yarovoye Bolshoye Yarovoye () is a salt lake in Altai Krai, Russian Federation. Administratively the lake falls within the limits of Slavgorod and Yarovoye municipalities, as well as Tabunsky District.Google Earth The lake is located at the northwester ...
, located on the other side of the border. Lake
Ulken Tobylzhan Ulken Tobylzhan (; , ''Bolshoy Tavolzhan'') is a salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies to the northeast of Pavlodar town and south of Uspenka, the district capital. There is commercial extraction of salt fro ...
lies to the NNW, Seiten to the SSE, Kalatuz to the SSW, and Bura to the northeast, at the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The lakeshore is generally flat and gently sloping, only in the southeast there are cliffs rising steeply from the surface. The water of the lake is saline with a mineralization of . The mud of the lake is used locally for medicinal purposes.
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''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5


Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by steppe vegetation. Despite its high salinity, Maraldy is not a dead lake. There are small ''
Artemia ''Artemia'' is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp or '' sea monkeys''. It is the only genus in the family Artemiidae. The first historical record of the existence of ''Artemia'' dates back to the first half of the 10th cent ...
'' crustaceans living in its waters.


See also

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List of lakes of Kazakhstan Excluding the northernmost districts, Kazakhstan consists of endorheic basins, where rivers flow into one of the numerous lakes. The most important drainage system is known as Yedisu, meaning "seven rivers" in Turkic languages. Below is a list o ...


References


External links


Қазақстан тарихы» порталы - Озеро Маралды
Lakes of Pavlodar Region Kulunda Steppe {{PavlodarRegion-geo-stub