Kashkanteniz ( kk, Қашқантеңіз) 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 NNW of Kashkanteniz railway station.
Geography
Kashkanteniz lies inland from the western coast of
Lake Balkhash, about from
Kashkanteniz Bay inner shore. The lake stretches roughly from northwest to southeast for more than . Its shores are flat and marshy and the water of the lake is salty. In the past it had been connected with Lake Balkhash.
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Kashkanteniz freezes in mid November and thaws in March. On average its surface increases right after the melting of the snows in the spring. The lake may dry up completely in the summer. Sometimes strong winds blowing from the northeast spray Balkhash surface water that reaches the marshes at the southern end of the lake.
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See also
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List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Sary Shagan amethyst occurrence ("Priozersk"; Kashkanteniz), Moiynkum, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Jambyl Region
Balkhash-Alakol Basin
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