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Shureksor () 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 the Aksu City Administration,
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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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. The lake lies to the NNE of Ekibastuz city. The area surrounding Shureksor is used for grazing and for livestock watering in the spring.ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
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Geography

Shureksor 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 ...
of the Irtysh Basin. It lies at an elevation of . The
Irtysh The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...
flows to the east of the eastern shores of the lake. Shureksor is a sprawling lake, stretching from north to south for almost . The southern half of the lake reaches a width of over , while the northern section is very narrow and with an irregular shoreline. River Kokozek has its mouth in the southwestern lakeshore. Lake
Karasor Karasor (; ),
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lies to the SSW, Tuzdysor to the southwest of the southern shores, Sholakbulaksor (Шолақбұлақсор) to the north of the northern end, and Taikonyr to the north.
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''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. -
Almaty Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...
: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5


See also

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List of lakes of Kazakhstan Excluding the northernmost districts, Kazakhstan consists of endorheic basins, where rivers flow into one of the numerous lakes. The most important drainage system is known as Yedisu, meaning "seven rivers" in Turkic languages. Below is a list o ...


References


External links

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Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Pavlodar Region Endorheic basins of Asia Aksu City Administration