Kokuydynkol () is a
salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). I ...
in the
Moiynkum District,
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 ...
,
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 ...
.
Moiynkum
Moiynkum (; until 1997 ''Furmanovka'') is a village ''( auyl)'' in southeastern Kazakhstan. It is the seat of Moiynkum District of Jambyl Region. Population:
Geography
The village is located by the Chu river, to the southeast of lake Kokuydynk ...
village is located to the southeast of the lake and
Ulanbel to the WNW.
Geography
Kokuydynkol lies at the northern edge of the
Moiynkum Desert
The Moiynkum Desert (, ''Moiynqūm''), is a desert in the Turkistan Region, Turkistan and Jambyl Region, Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan.
Common plant types in the desert include Haloxylon ammodendron, saksaul, milk vetch, milkvetch, mugwo ...
, 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. It is located less than to the south of the Chu river channel, and upriver from lake
Zhalanash. Both lakes are on the left side of the Chu channel. There is an elongated island in the middle of Kokuydynkol, and a small peninsula in the northern shore.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a web mapping, web and computer program created by Google that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satelli ...
Kokuydynkol is dry most of the year. On average the lake has water right after the melting of the snows, between March and the beginning of May. By June its waters evaporate and it becomes a huge
salt flat.
[''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. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
Fauna
Groups of
demoiselle crane
The demoiselle crane (''Grus virgo'') is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and Northeast China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds f ...
s have been recorded by the lake during their yearly migration.
[''Численность и пути пролета журавля - красавки в казахстане'']
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
солончак КокуйдынкольChu-Talas, Kazakhstan
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region