Maysor (; ) 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 Bayanaul 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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. There are important ancient burial grounds near the lake. Close to the southwest there is an open-air extraction site of sulphide ore and a

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plant.Kaz Minerals Bozshakol Sulphide Plant
/ref> Maysor is located to the west of Ekibastuz city. Bozshakol village lies to the southwest.

Geography

Maysor 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 ...

in the basin of the

Shiderti The Shiderti (, ''Şıdertı''; in its lower course: ''Karasu'') is a river of Kazakhstan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .reeds Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Re ...

. The surrounding area is used as pasture for local cattle. In summers of drought the lake dries and becomes a

salt swamp A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It i ...

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Maysor is located in a slight depression of the

Kazakh steppe The Kazakh Steppe ( ), also known as the Great Steppe or Great Betpak-Dala, Dala ( ), is a vast region of open grassland in Central Asia, covering areas in northern Kazakhstan and adjacent areas of Russia. It lies east of the Pontic–Caspian step ...

. Lake

Teniz Teniz (; ) is a lake in Kamysty District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Urkash village lies to the northwest of the lake. Teniz is part of the Tounsor State Nature Reserve, a protected area under the Naurzum Nature Reserve. Geography Teniz l ...

lies to the WSW. There are also other lakes nearby, all of them smaller.Nature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: " Kazakh Encyclopedia " LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

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{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Kazakhstan Endorheic lakes of Asia Lakes of Pavlodar Region

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