Shoshkaly (; ) is a

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in Beskaragay District,

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. The lake is located about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Tosagash village lies to the north, Begen to the ESE and Beskaragay, the district capital, to the southeast. The border of

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stretches close to the northern lakeshore.ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
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Geography

Shoshkaly is an

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lake part of the

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basin. It lies in a tectonic depression at the southern end of the

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. Lake Tuz stretches to the northwest,

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to the WNW, Sormoildy to the northeast, and lake Tengizsor to the southwest. River Irtysh flows to the WSW. Shoshkaly consists in three connected lakes, of which the southern is the largest one.Google Maps - Ozero Shoshkaly
/ref> The lakes are oriented in a roughly southeast–northwest direction. Shoshkaly doesn't dry out in the summer and doesn't freeze in the winter. The M38 Highway from the Border of Russia to

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and

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(Semipalatinsk), passes to the southwest of the lake.

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Flora and fauna

Lake Shoshkaly is surrounded by steppe vegetation.

References

{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Kulunda Steppe Lake groups of Kazakhstan Geography of Abai Region

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

References