Kokshetau Lakes () is a group of water bodies in the
North Kazakhstan and
Akmola regions,
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 ...
.
The lakes are in a picturesque mountain setting with rocky outcrops and pine forest covered hill slopes. They are one of the main tourist destinations in Kazakhstan, with holiday cottages and resorts near some of them.
Burabay spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...
is located in the strip of land between lakes Burabay and Ulken Shabakty. The Kokshetau Lakes are part of the
Kokshetau National Park
Kokshetau National Park () features the unique landscape, archaeological sites, and recreational opportunities of the Kazakh Uplands of northern Kazakhstan. Located in the transition zone between the Siberian taiga (to the north) and the southe ...
and the
Burabay National Park
The Burabay State National Nature Park (; ) is a national park located in Burabay District, Akmola Region, Aqmola Region, Kazakhstan, which covers a vast area of 129,935 hectares, with a significant portion of the land covered by forests, lakes, a ...
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
s.
[Kokshetau National Park map]
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Geography
The Kokshetau Lakes lie in the Kokshetau Hills
The Kokshetau Hills (; ) is a system of mountains of moderate altitude in the North Kazakhstan Region and Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.[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.](_blank) . Most of them are freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...
lakes of tectonic origin located in a rocky zone made of granite. Often the shores are steep and the lakes are comparatively deep. They are fed mainly by snow and don't dry completely, even in periods of drought.Kokshetau Massif
Kokshetau Mountains () or Kokshetau Massif is a mountain massif in the Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.''Nature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 ...
in the north. Balykty, Urymkay, 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 ...
, 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 Aydabul lie in the central part a little further west. Lake Kopa
Lake Kopa (, ; ) is a lake in the city of Kokshetau, located on the territory of Akmola Region close to the foot of Kokshetau Elevation in the northern part of Kazakhstan. Its elevation is above sea level and has a maximum depth of about 6 m. It ...
lies next to 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 ...
city, and lakes Shalkar, Arykbalyk, Zhaksy-Zhalgyztau and Imantau are located in the western area. Other lakes are Zholdybay and Ulkensor, as well as Balpashsor, located a little to the north. The latter has foraminiferous mud reputed for its medicinal properties. Ulken Shabakty and Zerendi are the largest of the group and also are having the greatest depths.[Кокчетавские озёра](_blank)
''Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, ; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Russian physicist and researcher on lasers and masers, in the former Soviet Union. He shared the Nobel Prize in Ph ...
. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
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See also
*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
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Озёра Акмолинской области
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan
Lake groups of Kazakhstan
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