brackish
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North Kazakhstan Region
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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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town, the administrative center of the district. Novopokrovka lies by the northwestern lakeshore and Beloglinka close to the southern end.
Geography
Kishi Torangyl is an
endorheic lake
An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally Saline water, saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes ...
belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the northern edge of the
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.
. There is a small bay in the southern part of the eastern shore. The lake bottom is flat and is covered by a to thick layer of
silt
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The lake is largely surrounded by agricultural fields. The
Sergeyev Dam
Sergeyev Dam or Sergeyevka Dam (; ) is a gravity dam in Shal akyn District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
The dam is located a little upstream from Sergeyev town on the Ishim River, to the southeast of lake Zhaltyr.Google Earth It has ...
lies to the west.
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Flora and fauna
There are many types of algae and nineteen species of fish in the waters of Kishi Torangyl. The lake is important for local fisheries.
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 ...