Zhokey (), also known as Zhukey (), 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 ...

Birzhan sal District Birzhan sal District () is a district of Akmola Region in northern Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. I ...

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. The villages of Zhukey, Karlovka, and Kyzyluyum are located by the lakeshore.

Stepnyak Stepnyak (, ''Stepniak'', ) is a town in Akmola Region of central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Birzhan sal District and of the Stepnyak City Administration. Population: History On February 10, 1934, the Presidium of the All- ...

town, the district capital, lies to the ESE.

Geography

Zhokey lies at the northern end of the

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and is part of the

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basin. It lies at an elevation of . It has a roughly round shape, quite regular on the eastern part. The Sarymsak river flows into the lake from the north. In years of abundant water it may flow out from the southeast, connecting Zhokey with neighboring lake

Kotyrkol Kotyrkol () is a salt lake in Birzhan sal District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. Stepnyak town, the district capital, is located to the NNE of the northern lakeshore. Geography Kotyrkol lies at the northern end of the Kazakh Uplands and is par ...

. The shores of the lake are steep in the western and southern stretches and gently sloping in the remaining perimeter. The slopes of high Burkitty Mountain rise beyond the western lakeshore. Among the lakes in its vicinity, Kotyrkol lies to the SSE, small lake

to the northwest, Balytkty to the WSW, Shchuchye to the WNW and

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to the southeast.

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''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. -

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: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

Flora and fauna

Hayfields grow near the shores of the lake.

References

{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Akmola Region Kazakh Uplands Birzhan sal District

Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

References