Ulken Torangyl (; ) is a lake in Esil District,

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. The lake is located to the SSW of Yavlenka town, the administrative center of the district. Korneyevka lies near the eastern lakeshore.

Geography

Ulken Torangyl 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 ...

belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the southern edge of the

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. The shores are sandy. The long Kamysakty river flows from the south into the southwestern shore of the lake.''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5 The Kamysakty and lake Ulken Torangyl form the upper section of the

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from which the ancient valley of the

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can be traced by a residual chain of lakes for almost all the way to the

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lies to the east and the Sergeyev Dam to the WSW.

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Flora and fauna

Large swathes of the lakeshore are covered with reeds. There are 21 kinds of fish in the waters of the lake, including introduced species.

References

External links

Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments
Endorheic lakes of Asia Lakes of North Kazakhstan Region Kazakh Uplands Kamyshlov Log {{NorthKazakhstanRegion-geo-stub

Geography

Flora and fauna

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