Bylkyldak ( kk, Былқылдақ; russian: былкылдак), also known as Balkyldak is a
salt lake in
Pavlodar District,
Pavlodar Region
Pavlodar Region ( kk, Павлодар облысы, translit=Pavlodar oblysy; russian: Павлодарская область, translit=Pavlodarskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and ; the latest official ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
The lake lies within an industrial zone to the north of
Pavlodar
Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast of the national capital Astana and 405 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the cit ...
town.
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Geography
Bylkyldak lake is a reservoir-lake part of the Irtysh
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'e ...
basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the Kulunda Plain
The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (russian: Кулундинская равнина, kk, Құлынды даласы, ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Sibe ...
, to the east of the course of the Irtysh. Lake Koryakovka
Koryakovka ( kk, Коряковка) is a salt lake in Pavlodar District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the northeast of Pavlodar town. Koryakovka (village, Koryakovka village lies close to the southern lakeshore.
Geography
Ko ...
is located to the east.chlor-alkali
The chloralkali process (also chlor-alkali and chlor alkali) is an industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. It is the technology used to produce chlorine and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), which are commodit ...
plant built in 1973 at the time of the Kazakh SSR
; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы)
*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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which operated until 1993.[Mercury contamination in the vicinity of a derelict chlor-alkali plant. Part II: Contamination of the aquatic and terrestrial food chain and potential risks to the local population](_blank)
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Flora and fauna
Bylkyldak is surrounded by cultivated fields and small sectors of steppe vegetation. Despite warnings from environmentalists, the lake is used by local people for swimming in the summer. Fish caught in the lake, such as dace
A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus''). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily ...
, tench
The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...
and crucian carp
The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval L ...
are heavily contaminated with mercury, but they are eaten by locals.
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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
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О возможной опасности озера Былкылдак предупреждают экологи
Lakes of Pavlodar Region
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