Alkamergen ( kk, Алқамерген) is a lake in May District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies in the western part of May District, northeast of the town of
Bayanaul
Bayanaul ( kk, Баянауыл) is a settlement in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Bayanaul District and the administrative center of the Bayanaul rural district (KATO code - 553630100). Population:
Geography
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Geography
Alkamergen lies in a tectonic depression of the Kazakh Uplands, roughly to the northeast of the northeastern slopes of the
Bayanaul Range
Bayanaul Range ( kk, Баянауыл тауы; russian: Баянаульские горы) is a range of mountains in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.Kanysh Satpaev. Encyclopedia / Editor-in-Chief B. O. Jakyp. — Almaty "Kazakh Enc ...
. It is one of the largest lakes in the district. There are a number of smaller lakes in its vicinity. Sulysor, the largest one, is located to the west of the southern shore. Altybaysor lies to the north and larger lake
River Ashchysu flows into Alkamergen from the west. The water of the lake is brackish, fresher in the spring and with increased salinity in the summer. In years of drought the level of Alkamergen sinks and the northern end becomes a separate lake connected with the southern section by a narrow sound.
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Almaty
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Flora and fauna
The shores of the lake are mostly flat. The main fish species in Alkamergen are
pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...