Kishi Tobylzhan
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Kishi Tobylzhan ( kk, Кіші Тобылжан, "Little Tobylzhan"; russian: Малый Таволжан, ''Maly Tavolzhan'') is a
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Uspen District Uspen ( kk, Успен ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Uspenka. Many Kazakhstan Germans live in this area. Population: Geography Lake Ulken Azhbolat, a bri ...
, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies west of the Kazakhstan–Russia border, to the northeast of Pavlodar town and south of
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, the district capital. There is commercial extraction of salt from Maly Tobylzhan and its larger neighbor Ulken Tobylzhan. Some of the salt is exported to Western Siberia.Месторождения соли в РФ и странах СНГ — Павлодарское месторождение соли
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Geography

Lake Kishi Tobylzhan is an elongated lake located in the Kulunda Steppe, southern end of the West Siberian Plain. It extends from northeast to southwest for over .
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The lake is part of a circular lake cluster that is flat and has a diameter of roughly . Located in the northern half, Kishi Tobylzhan is the second largest of the lakes in the cluster. The A17 Highway passes by the lake to the west. Ulken Tobylzhan, the largest lake of the cluster lies to the south of its southern end, and pink lake Katyrbay to the west, on the other side of the A17 Highway. There are also a number of smaller lakes, as well as salt marshes in the Tobylzhan group. The lake group is surrounded by cultivated fields. Lake Maraldy lies to the south, and
Ulken Azhbolat Ulken Azhbolat ( kk, Үлкен Әжболат; russian: Большой Ажбулат, ''Bolshoy Azhbulat'') is a bittern (salt), bittern salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies to the NNE of Pavlodar town, nort ...
to the north of Kishi Tobylzhan.


See also

* List of lakes of Kazakhstan


References


External links

* Endorheic lakes of Asia Lakes of Pavlodar Region West Siberian Plain {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub