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Shandaksor
Shandaksor (; ) is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. Shandaksor is one of the main lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz and is part of the Irtysh Water Management Basin. It is located to the north of the city. Solnechny village and the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station lie by its northeastern shore. It was formed by filling an endorheic intermittent lake (sor) with water from the Irtysh–Karaganda Canal in order to cool the adjacent thermal power station. The ashes of the station are dumped into nearby lake Karasor.''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5 Geography Shandaksor is part of the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from southwest to northeast for roughly and is about wide. There are two small islands and a few little islets at the southern end of the lake. The northern end of larger lake Karasor lies to the east. Smaller lake Zh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solnechny (Pavlodar Region)
Solnechny (; ) is a village in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the center and only populated unit of Solnechny Rural District (KATO code - 552253100). Population: Geography Solnechny is located west of Pavlodar and north of Ekibastuz. It lies near lake Shandaksor and the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station.Google Earth Google Earth is a web mapping, web and computer program created by Google that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satelli .... References {{Pavlodar Region Populated places in Pavlodar Region Aksu City Administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhyngyldy (lake)
Zhyngyldy or Zhyngyldysor () is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. Zhyngyldy is one of the main lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz and is part of the Irtysh Water Management Basin. It is located to the north of the city. The Ekibastuz GRES-1 Power Station rises by its northern shore. The reservoir was formed by filling an endorheic intermittent lake (sor) with water from the Irtysh–Karaganda Canal in order to cool the adjacent thermal power station. The ashes of the station are dumped into nearby lake Karasor.''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5 Geography Zhyngyldy is part of the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from WSW to ENE for roughly . Lake Shandaksor, with the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station by its eastern shore, lies to the north of the northern lakeshore. Larger lake Karasor lies to the ENE, Atygay (Атығай) to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station
The GRES-2 Power Station (or Power Station Ekibastuz) is a coal-fueled power generating station in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. It is located close to Solnechny and to Shandaksor. The ashes of the station are dumped into Karasor, a nearby lake.Google Earth Description GRES-2, commissioned in 1987, has an installed capacity of 1,000 MWe and has the world's tallest flue-gas stack at tall. The reinforced concrete chimney is about taller than the Inco Superstack, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is the tallest chimney ever built. The power station is the start of the Powerline Ekibastuz–Kokshetau and uses a transmission voltage of 1,150 kVAC, the highest transmission voltage in the world. The extension of the line to Chelyabinsk, Russia, is also designed for 1,150 kV, but it currently operates at only 500 kV. About three fourths of the energy produced by GRES-2 was exported to Russia. Fifty percent of GRES-2 shares are owned by Inter RAO UES, and fifty percent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sor (geomorphology)
A sor (; ) is a closed drainless depression characteristic of the Central Asian deserts, found especially in Kazakhstan. The sor area is seasonally flooded, forming a lake, which becomes an inland salt marsh and then a Salt pan (geology), salt flat as it dries.''Kazakh traditional system of ethnographic categories, concepts and names;'' in Kazakh National Encyclopedia. Volume 5. Page 226. "Asia Channel" publishing house. Almaty, 2014 The term forms part of some toponyms of Kazakhstan, such as Altybaysor, Aralsor, Atansor, Azhibeksor, Bauzhansor, Karasor, Koksengirsor, Mangisor, Maysor, Meshkeysor, Shandaksor, Sholaksor, Shureksor, Sorasha, Sorkol (Chu basin), Sorkol, Sormoildy, Tuzdysor, Zhaltyrsor, Zhyngyldysor and Sor Tuzbair. Description A sor forms in the flatland of arid areas or deserts. Heavy seasonal rains taking place usually in the spring bring the water to accumulate at the bottom of the depression. The intermittent lake is characterized by a clear-cut coastline. As th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karasor (lake, Ekibastuz)
Karasor (; ) is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.''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 Karasor is the largest of the lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz. It is located to the northeast of the city and to the west of Kalkaman. Geography Karasor is an endorheic lake in the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from southeast to northwest for roughly and is about wide. Smaller lake Shandaksor, with the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station rising by its eastern shore, lies to the west of the northwestern corner, and Zhyngyldy, with the Ekibastuz GRES-1 Power Station by its northern shore, lies to the WSW of the southwestern lakeshore. Other lakes in the vicinity are Tuzdysor, located to the northwest, Kudaikol to the southeast, Atygay to the SSW, and Shureksor to the north. The Bala Tundik river flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuzdysor
Tuzdysor (; ) is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. Tuzdysor is one of the main lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz and is part of the Irtysh Water Management Basin. It is located to the NNE of the city. There is commercial salt extraction at the lake, part of a project that has been implemented recently. Geography Tuzdysor is an endorheic lake in the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from west to east for and is about wide. The northern end of larger lake Karasor lies to the southeast and lake Shandaksor, with the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station by its eastern shore, is located to the southwest. Sprawling lake Shureksor lies to the northeast.Google Earth 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
