Sormoildy or Sormoiyldy (; ) is a

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group in

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. Sormoildy is located west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Koyanbay village lies to the northeast, Begen to the southwest and

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, the district capital, to the SSE. Malinovoye Ozero town is located to the northeast, on the other side of the Russian border.

Geography

Sormoildy is an

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lake cluster part of the

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

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. Lakes Tuz and Shoshkaly stretch roughly to the southwest, and lake

Bargana Bargana (; ) is a salt lake in Akkuly District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. Bargana lake is located west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border, to the southwest of Shoktal village and east of Maykaragay. Akkuly, the district capital, lies roug ...

to the NNW. Lake Malinovoye lies to the northeast, on the other side of the border. The Irtysh river flows to the WSW. The lakes of the group are spread out in the flat basin and, except for the smaller ones on the periphery, they are connected following the melting of the steppe snow in the spring. By the summer most of the lakes are dry. The central part of the cluster has an approximate length of and a width of , but its shoreline is not well defined, with numerous indentations and islands. In years of drought Sormoildy dries out completely.

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Flora and fauna

Sormoildy is surrounded by steppe vegetation.

References

External links

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Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
Kulunda Steppe Lake groups of Kazakhstan Geography of Abai Region Kazakhstan–Russia border {{AbaiRegion-geo-stub

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

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