Kyzylkak (; ) is a bittern salt lake in Ertis District,

Pavlodar Region Pavlodar Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and The latest official estimate (as at the start of 2022) was 756,511. Its capital is the city of Pavlodar, which had a population of 360,014 at the start of 201 ...

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. The lake lies to the east of the northern end of larger

Siletiteniz Siletiteniz (, ''Sıletıteñız''), also Seletyteniz, Seletytengiz is an endorheic salt lake located in the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The lake lies in North Kazakhstan, with the Pavlodar Region border running along the easte ...

lake. There are no settlements by the lakeshore. The nearest inhabited locality is

Kyzylkak Kyzylkak (; ) is a bittern salt lake in Ertis District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies to the east of the northern end of larger Siletiteniz lake. There are no settlements by the lakeshore. The nearest inhabited locality is Kyzyl ...

village, located to the south of the southern coastline of the lake.

Geography

Kyzylkak 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 ...

located in the

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, south of the Russian border. It lies in the lowest part of a large depression and its shores are very steep. The bottom of the lake has a thick layer of black mud containing

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salts and releasing

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.Magnesium chloride in the salt lakes of northern Kazakhstan
/ref> Lake Kyzylkak is fed mainly by snow, but owing to its high

salinity Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt (chemistry), salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensio ...

it does not freeze in the winter.Кызылкак
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed.

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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian) The Birsuat, Agynsay and Aksuat are the main rivers flowing into the lake. Depending on the rainfall the surface area of the lake varies between and on average.

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* Endorheic lakes of Asia Lakes of Pavlodar Region West Siberian Plain {{PavlodarRegion-geo-stub

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