Rudnichnoye (), also known as ''Shalkarkol'' (), is a

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, and

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. Rudnichnoye is located about northeast of

Semizbughy Semizbughy () is a mountain massif in Bukhar-Zhyrau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. Semizbughy is the highest point in the district. Semizhbugy mining village is located on the western side, at the foot of the mountain.Google Earth Geo ...

village. Shalkar village (formerly "Pobeda"), lies close to the lakeshore at the northern end.ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5 The lake and its surroundings are a destination for tourists.VeloKaraganda / Semizbuga 2009
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Geography

Rudnichnoye 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 ...

lying in the

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.

, about to the north of the northern slopes of the Ayr Mountains. It consists of a larger western lake and a smaller eastern one, separated by a double

landspit A spit (cognate with the word for a rotisserie bar) or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores. It develops in places where re-entrance occurs, such as at a cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift ...

and a peninsula, and connected by a

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. The water is

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and

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. The highest level of the lake is in April, following the melting of the snow, and the lowest after the summer, in September. The border between Karaganda Region and Pavlodar Region cuts across Rudnichnoye's northwestern tip. Smaller lake Kandykol lies to the WNW, and Saumalkol almost to the SW. high mount

rises to the south, above the southern shore of the lake.

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Flora and fauna

The lake has few aquatic plants; the main fish species in its waters are

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pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

, karabalik and

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References

External links

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Караганда 2020: Семизбуга - курорт Рудничное"Тайна четырёх озёр" - Autotourist.kz
(in Russian)

{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Pavlodar Region Endorheic lakes of Asia Karaganda Region Kazakh Uplands

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

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