Siletiteniz ( kk, Сілетітеңіз, ''Sıletıteñız''), also Seletyteniz, Seletytengiz is an
endorheic salt lake located in the
Ishim Plain
Ishim Steppe (russian: Ишимская равнина, kk, Есіл даласы, ''Yesil dalasy'') is a plain in the southern part of Western Siberia, between the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Administratively it is part of Kurgan, Tyumen, and Om ...
, part of the
West Siberian Plain.
The lake lies partly in
North Kazakhstan and in the
Pavlodar Region
Pavlodar Region ( kk, Павлодар облысы, translit=Pavlodar oblysy; russian: Павлодарская область, translit=Pavlodarskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and ; the latest official ...
, near the
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n border.
''Teniz'' is Kazakh for "sea", while the etymology of ''Selety'' is less clear. One hypothesis is that it derives from
Yeniseian
The Yeniseian languages (sometimes known as Yeniseic or Yenisei-Ostyak;"Ostyak" is a concept of areal rather than genetic linguistics. In addition to the Yeniseian languages it also includes the Uralic languages Khanty and Selkup. occasionally ...
*''sēre'', "stag."
Geography
The lake basin covers but the actual area covered by water varies according to the seasons. The lake reaches a maximum depth of
[ and has a volume of about .][ The northern and eastern shores are high and straight while the western shore is low-lying and indented, gradually giving way to ]salt marsh
A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...
es. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from deposits at the bottom of the lake.[ Smaller lake ]Kyzylkak
Kyzylkak ( kk, Қызылқақ; russian: Кызылкак) is a bittern salt lake in Ertis District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the east of the northern end of larger Siletiteniz lake. There are no settlements by the lakesh ...
lies to the east of its northern end, Teke
Teke or Tekke can refer to:
People
* Teke (Turkmen tribe) or Tekke, a tribe of southern Turkmenistan
* Teke people or Bateke, a Central African ethnic group
* Fatih Tekke (born 1977), Turkish footballer
* Kent Tekulve (born 1947), American baseba ...
lake to the north, and Ulken-Karoy to the northwest.[ Google Earth]
The lake is mainly fed by snow.[ The river ]Sileti
The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.
C ...
, which is long and drains an area of , sometimes reaches the lake during high water but usually dissipates into the marshes south of the lake.[.]
See also
*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 the list ...
References
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Endorheic lakes of Asia
Saline lakes of Asia
{{Kazakhstan-geo-stub