Kurdym () is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

in Yrgyz District,

Aktobe Region Aktobe Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The name ''Aktobe'' comes from Kazakh ''aq'' 'white' and ''töbe'' 'hill' or 'top (of something)'; supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north. The Aktobe ...

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. The lake lies at the southern end of the great lake

Shalkarteniz Shalkarteniz (; ) is a salt lake in the Yrgyz District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. Shalkarteniz lies in the northeastern sector of the Turan Depression, northwest of the city of Aralsk. It is part of the Kazakh semi-desert ecoregion. There a ...

, nearly southeast of Yrgyz, the capital of the district.

Geography

Kurdym belongs to the

basin. It is located close to the southern shore of its large neighbor and has a roughly hourglass shape, stretching from east to west for . It has a width of , and in the narrow stretch in the middle. The lake basin is fed by snow and in the summer the shallow parts of the lake may dry up. The shores are flat and marshy in places. The water of the lake is salty, unsuitable for drinking.''Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob -

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: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5 Very close to the northwest lies smaller lake

Karakol Karakol (; , ), formerly Przhevalsk ( rus, Пржевальск, p=pr̩ʐɨˈvalʲsk), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–China border and from the capital Bishkek. I ...

. The last stretch of river Shonkai (Шоңқай), a branch of the Turgay, flows to the southwest. Desert vegetation grows near the lake, including

halophyte A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. ...

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Shalkar-Nura - An Arid Wilderness and Saiga Sanctuary
Lakes of Aktobe Region Shalkarteniz basin {{Aktobe-geo-stub

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