Alkamergen () is a lake in
May District,
Pavlodar Region
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The lake lies in the western part of May District, northeast of the town of
Bayanaul
Bayanaul () is a settlement in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Bayanaul District and the administrative center of the Bayanaul rural district (KATO code - 553630100). Population:
History
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Geography
Alkamergen lies in a tectonic depression of the Kazakh Uplands
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. It is one of the largest lakes in the district. There are a number of smaller lakes in its vicinity. Sulysor, the largest one, is located to the west of the southern shore. Altybaysor lies to the north. Zhamantuz Zhamantuz (; "bad salt") may refer to:
*Zhamantuz, Aksu City Administration, a lake in the Aksu City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
*Zhamantuz, Aktogay District, a lake in Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
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(May District) to the east and larger lake Karasor
Karasor (; ),
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to the east.Ashchysu Ashchysu (; "Bitter river") may refer to:
* Ashchysu (Ayr), a river with its mouth in Alkamergen lake, Kazakhstan
* Ashchysu (Nura), a tributary of the Nura river, Kazakhstan
* Ashchysu (Shagan), a tributary of the Shagan river, Kazakhstan
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flows into Alkamergen from the west. The water of the lake is brackish
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, fresher in the spring and with increased salinity in the summer. In years of drought the level of Alkamergen sinks and the northern end becomes a separate lake connected with the southern section by a narrow sound
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Flora and fauna
The shores of the lake are mostly flat. The main fish species in Alkamergen are pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
, perch
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and common bream
The common bream (''Abramis brama''), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae. It is now considered to be the monotypic, only speci ...
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See also
*List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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References
External links
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Lower and Upper Cambrian Bradoriida, Ostracoda, of northeastern Central Kazakhstan
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Lakes of Pavlodar Region
Endorheic basins of Asia