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: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5 The lake is located to the west of Semey city, former Semipalatinsk. The area surrounding the lake is used as pasture for local cattle.

Geography

Shuga is an endorheic lake in the Shagan river basin. The northeastern and southeastern shores are indented, with sandy bays in some places. The lake lies about to the south of the Irtysh and to the south of lake Karabastuz. to the south lies lake Shagan with its nuclear pothole. The water of lake Shuga is saline. The bottom is flat and has a thick layer of mud. The lake fills with snow and rainwater. Its level rises in spring and falls in the summer and autumn months. In dry years, it dries up and turns into a

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. The lake surface rarely freezes completely in the winter owing to its high salinity, but parts of it have ice between the end of November and the second half of April, when the lake is surrounded by snow.

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Flora

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vegetation grows in the area surrounding the lake, made up of mainly

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''. There are no reeds along the shoreline and no aquatic plants in the water.

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Озера и реки Казахстана
(in Russian) {{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Kazakhstan Geography of Abai Region

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