Itemgen (; ) is a

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in Akkol District,

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. Itemgen is considered a "dead lake" by local people. The town of

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lies about to the east and Zhalgyzkaragay village (former ''Priozernoye'') to the southeast. The abandoned village of Itemgen is located by the northern lakeshore.

Geography

Itemgen is an

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of the

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river basin. It lies at the northern end of the

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in a

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at an elevation of . The bottom of the lake is flat and muddy. long river Aksuat flows into the lake from the south. The lakeshore is flat in the east and south, but the western banks are steep. Among the lakes in its vicinity, Shoshkaly lies to the west and

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to the north.

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" Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 ISBN 5-89800-123-9 , Volume IX Itemgen has an elongated shape oriented in a roughly south–north direction, with the wide southern part tapering towards the north. On average years the highest level is in April and the lowest in September.

Flora and fauna

Lake Itemgen is surrounded by agricultural fields and steppe vegetation. There are

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s living by the lake.

References

{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Akmola Region Akkol District Endorheic basins of Asia Kazakh Uplands