Karakol ( kk, Қаракөл) is a lake in the
Moiynkum District
Moiynkum ( kk, Мойынқұм ауданы, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Moiynkum.
Geography
The district is named after the Moiynkum Desert. Parts of ...
,
Jambyl Region,
Kazakhstan.
The lake is located to the east of
Ulanbel village. Although the lake water is somewhat
bitter
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, it can be used for watering livestock grazing in the surrounding area.
Geography
Karakol lies in the lower
Chu
Chu or CHU may refer to:
Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...
river basin, roughly to the northeast of the river channel. Lake
Zhalanash is located to the WSW and
Kamkalykol to the southeast. Lake Karakol stretches roughly from north to south for more than . It has a large eastern wing or bay that is shallower and dries seasonally. The shores are marshy and the bottom of the lake is muddy.
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Karakol freezes in mid November and thaws in March. On average the water level rises right after the melting of the snows in the spring and decreases in the summer. There are many small lakes nearby.
[''ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - ]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", 2011. - 648 pages.
See also
*
List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Chu-Talas, KazakhstanОб утверждении перечня объектов государственного природно-заповедного фонда республиканского значения (On approval of the list of objects of the state natural reserve fund of republican significance)
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
Chu (river)
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