Zhaksykylysh (; ) is a

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is being mined in Zhaksykylysh since 1925. Nowadays the

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-based Araltuz company carries out the salt-mining operations. Over 99% of the refined table salt produced in Kazakhstan is extracted at the Zhaksykylysh salt lakes, of which about 66% is exported.''Production of salt in the Aral Sea area'' - aboutkazakhstan.com
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Geography

Zhaksykylysh is an

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cluster located about to the northeast of the

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in the western part of the Aral Karakum Desert region. The Zhaksykylysh Range, a mountain chain of moderate elevation, limits the lake to the northwest. A multitude of smaller lakes and salt flats fan-out to the east in the adjoining flat land.Zhaksykylysh // ''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia''. -

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Zhaksykylysh was affected by the drying of the Aral Sea basin in recent decades. Currently the lake surface has shrunk. The lake is shallow and has water only following the melting of the snows in the spring. By July it turns into a dry, salt-covered depression. The thickness of the salt layer in the lake ranges between and .ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5 The basin of the Zhaksykylysh is a grazing ground for local cattle during the spring, before the withering of the grass in the summer.

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Lake Zhaksykylysh. Araltuz. Kyzylorda region, KazakhstanKyzylorda - Information about the region

Development of biotechnological processes оf the production of cosmetological preparations based on plant and salt-containing raw materials of Southern Kazakhstan
Lake groups of Kazakhstan Endorheic lakes of Asia Kyzylorda Region {{KyzylordaRegion-geo-stub

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