Karakol () is a lake in the
Moiynkum District
Moiynkum (, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Moiynkum.
Geography
The district is named after the Moiynkum Desert and lies at the northeastern edge of the desert ...
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Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region (; ), formerly known as Dzhambul Region () until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taraz. The population of the region is 1,209,665; the city is 335,100. The region borders Kyrgyzstan, and is ...
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
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The lake is located to the east of
Ulanbel village. Although the lake water is somewhat
bitter, it can be used for watering livestock grazing in the surrounding area.
Geography
Karakol lies in the lower
Chu
Chu or CHU may refer to:
Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...
river basin, roughly to the northeast of the river channel. Lake
Zhalanash is located to the WSW and
Kamkalykol to the southeast. Lake Karakol stretches roughly from north to south for more than . It has a large eastern wing or bay that is shallower and dries seasonally. The shores are marshy and the bottom of the lake muddy.
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Karakol freezes over in mid-November and thaws in March. On average the water level rises right after the melting of the snows in the spring and decreases in the summer. There are many small lakes nearby.
[''ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - ]Almaty
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...
"Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages.
See also
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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 a list o ...
References
External links
Chu-Talas, KazakhstanОб утверждении перечня объектов государственного природно-заповедного фонда республиканского значения (On approval of the list of objects of the state natural reserve fund of republican significance)
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
Chu (river)
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