Aydabol () is a

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Zerendi Zerendi (, ''Zerendı'') is a small town in northern-central Kazakhstan, located 45 kilometres from Kokshetau. It is the seat of Zerendi District in Aqmola Region Akmola Region (, ; ) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. It was known a ...

and Burabay districts,

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. The village of Viktorovka lies by the western lakeshore, and Bogenbay Bi (until 2007 — Losevka) by the eastern. The

Kokshetau Kokshetau (; , ; rus, Кокшета́у, p=kəkʂɛ'taʊ; ), formerly known as Kokchetav (; ) between 1868 and 1993, is a lakeside city in northern Kazakhstan and the capital of Akmola Region. It stretches along the southern shore of Lak ...

Atbasar Atbasar (, ''Atbasar'') is a town in Atbasar District, Akmola Region of the northern Kazakhstan. It was founded in 1845. Atbasar is the 44th biggest city in Kazakhstan. Atbasar lies at an altitude of 282 meters above sea level. Population: Geo ...

highway passes close to the western lakeside. There are archaeological sites of the

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and

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s in the area near the lake.

Geography

Aydabol is located in the Kokshetau Mountains,

Kazakh Uplands The Kazakh Uplands or the Kazakh Hummocks, known in Kazakh as the ( , ; ), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.

, and 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 at an elevation of . The lake has a drop shape oriented in a north–south direction. The Arshaly river flows from lake Karagaychik in the north into the northeastern shore. A tributary of the

Zhabay The Zhabay (; ) is a river in Zerendy, Sandyktau and Atbasar districts, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. It has a length of and a basin size of . The river passes by Sandyktau, Balkashino and Atbasar towns. The water is used in local farms mainly fo ...

flows southwestwards from the western shore. The Arshaly flows out from the southeastern shore.''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 Among the lakes in Aydabol's vicinity, Karagaychik lies to the NNE,

to the north, Kumdykol to the west, and

Karaungir Karaungir () is a brackish lake in Zerendi and Burabay districts, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. The village of Dorogovka lies to the west, and Obaly (until 2019 — Pervomayskoye) to the south. There is a leisure center on the southeastern l ...

to the ENE.

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Flora and fauna

Aydabol is surrounded by mountain steppe vegetation and patches of forest. Reeds grow on the shore. The water is fresh and is used for agricultural purposes.

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* {{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Akmola Region Kazakh Uplands

Geography

Flora and fauna

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