Shaglyteniz or Shagalalyteniz ( kk, Шағалалытеңіз; russian: Шаглытениз) is a

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in Akkayin and

Taiynsha Taiynsha ( kk, Тайынша, ''Taiynşa''), known as Krasnoarmeysk between 1962 and 1997, is a city and the administrative center of Taiynsha District in North Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan (KATO code - 596020100). Population: Geography Ta ...

districts,

North Kazakhstan Region North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakh ...

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. The villages of Barykol, Kurya, Intaly, Elizavetinka and Kuchkovka lie near the lakeshore.

town lies to the south of the lake. Road P-249 runs close to the northern end of Shaglyteniz. The lake and its adjacent marshes are an

important bird area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

, but much under threat owing to human interaction.Shaglyteniz Lake and marshes - BirdLife Data Zone
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Geography

Shaglyteniz lies in the southern part of the

Ishim Plain Ishim Steppe (russian: Ишимская равнина, kk, Есіл даласы, ''Yesil dalasy'') is a plain in the southern part of Western Siberia, between the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Administratively it is part of Kurgan Oblast, Kurgan, T ...

, southwest of the Russian border. It is one of the main lakes of the region. It 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 as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...

located at the bottom of a depression. Lakes

Kalibek Kalibek ( kk, Қалыбек; russian: Калибек) is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Taiynsha town, the administrative center of the district, lies to the west of the lake. Geography Kalibek ...

and

Kishi-Karoy Kishi-Karoy or Kishi Karaoy, meaning "Little Karoy" ( kk, Кіші Қараой; russian: Киши-Карой), is a bittern salt lake in Akzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies about to the nor ...

lie to the east, but Shaglyteniz is the only lake in the area where the water is relatively fresh.The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed.

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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian) The lake is surrounded by a strip of

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found a ...

es and ponds. The

Shagalaly The Shagalaly ( kk, Шағалалы, ''Şağalaly''), formerly known as Chaglinka, is a river of northern Kazakhstan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river flows through the territory of Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions. The ...

river flows into the lake from the south. In years where the river and other small streams feed the lake with abundant melted snow, the surface of Shaglyteniz may expand to . Google Earth

Flora and fauna

There are large sections of reeds, bulrushes and

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

s growing on the lakeshore. The

red-breasted goose The red-breasted goose (''Branta ruficollis'') is a brightly marked species of goose in the genus ''Branta'' from Eurasia. It is currently classified as vulnerable by the IUCN. Taxonomy and etymology The red-breasted goose is sometimes placed ...

, as well as species of ducks, waders and gulls, may be found at the lake. The main fish species in Shaglyteniz is

crucian carp The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lati ...

References

External links

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Open season. Cop Shaglyteniz around the lake.Expeditions along the watersheds of the middle forest-steppe of the Omsk region
(in Russian)
ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНАЯ НАЦИЯ В ФОКУСЕ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ
(in Russian)
THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPRESSION LAKE SYSTEMS TENIZ - NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Kazakhstan Endorheic lakes of Asia North Kazakhstan Region West Siberian Plain Important Bird Areas of Kazakhstan

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

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