Malybay ( kk, Малыбай) is an
endorheic lake in
Akkuly District
Akkuly ( kk, Аққулы ауданы, Aqquly audany, اققۋلى اۋدانى), until 2018 Lebyazhye ( kk, Лебяжі ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the ...
,
Pavlodar Region,
Kazakhstan.
Malybay lake is located close to the southern end of
Malybay village and about west of the
Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Akkuly, the district capital, lies to the southwest.
Geography
Malybay is part of the
Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the
Kulunda Plain. Lake
Zhaltyr lies close to its western end and red lake
Kyzyltuz further to the west.
Sharbakty
Sharbakty ( kz, Шарбақты, ''Şarbaqty'') is a selo in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
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lies to the south,
Borli to the northwest,
Bargana to the ENE, and
Tuz to the SSE.
The lake has an elongated shape, stretching from east to west for about . The eastern end and the western end are wider than the middle part. Malybay is fairly deeper than other lakes in the area and its waters have a darker hue. The shores are flat and marshy. The lake freezes in the winter and doesn't dry out in the summer.
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Flora and fauna
Lake Malybay is surrounded by
steppe vegetation.
Reeds grow in most stretches of the lakeshore providing a habitat for aquatic birds and
muskrat
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s. Its waters are rich in fish.
See also
*
List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links
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Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
Lakes of Pavlodar Region
Kulunda Steppe
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