Bilikol ( kk, Билікөл; russian: Биликоль) is a freshwater lake in the
Zhambyl Region,
Kazakhstan
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.
The lake lies northwest of the city of
Taraz
Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...
. Its waters are used by the surrounding communities to irrigate crops.
Geography
Lake Bilikol has a shape that roughly reminds of an
hourglass
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. Lying in a tectonic depression on the northern slope of the
Karatau Mountains
The Karatau or Qaratau ( kk, Қаратау жотасы, Qarataw jotasy) is a mountain range located in southern Kazakhstan.
The name Karatau means ''Black Mountain'' in the Kazakh language. The mountains have deposits of phosphorite, lead a ...
, it is part of the
Talas basin. The
Asa
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Biology and medicine
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river flows through the lake entering it from the east and flowing out from the north. The shores of the lake are sandy in places.
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''Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
Lake Akkol
Akkol ( zh, 阿科尔) is a lake in the Talas District, Zhambyl Region, southern Kazakhstan.
It is located close to the southwest of Akkol village. In the summer the lakeshores are a vacation spot.
Geography
The lake is roughly by and lies ...
lies to the north of the northern end of Bilikol.
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Flora and fauna
Reeds grow on the lakeshore. The main fish species found in the lake are
carp
Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...
,
common bream
The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''.
...
and
grass carp
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, among others.
[''Kazakhstan National encyclopedia'' / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - ]Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
, "Kazakh encyclopedia" General editor, 1998, ISBN 5-89800-123-9 , Volume II
See also
*
List of lakes of Kazakhstan
Excluding the northernmost districts, Kazakhstan consists of endorheic basins, where rivers flow into one of the numerous lakes. The most important drainage system is known as Yedisu, meaning "seven rivers" in Turkic languages. Below is the list ...
References
External links
*
Озеро Биликоль высыхает
* ttps://www.inform.kz/ru/kak-spasti-ozero-bilikol-v-zhambylskoy-oblasti_a3470601 Как спасти озеро Биликоль в Жамбылской области
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
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