Saumalkol ( kk, Саумалкөл; russian: Саумалколь) is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

Aiyrtau District Aiyrtau ( kk, Айыртау ауданы, ) is a district of North Kazakhstan Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Saumalkol Saumalkol ( kk, Саумалкөл; russian: Саумалколь) i ...

North Kazakhstan Region North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazak ...

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Saumalkol Saumalkol ( kk, Саумалкөл; russian: Саумалколь) is a salt lake in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. The lake is located to the northwest of Karkaraly city. The nearest inhabited place is Saumalkol railway stat ...

town, formerly Volodarskoye, is located by the northwestern banks. The village of Krasnogorka lies near the eastern shore.

Geography

Saumalkol is an

endorheic lake An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...

in the

Kazakh Uplands The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...

. It is part of the Ishim River basin. Since the water is salty and has high mineral content it is not suitable for drinking.''Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. — Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. Vol. Z. — 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T. Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5 Lake Shalkar lies to the southeast and

Ulken Koskol Ulken Koskol ( kk, Үлкен Қоскөл; russian: Большой Косколь) is a salt lake in Aiyrtau District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Saumalkol town, the district capital (formerly Volodarskoye), is located to the southwes ...

to the northeast. The lake is fed mainly by snow and groundwater. Four small rivers flow into its banks. The southern shores are overgrown with reeds. There are fish living in the lake.

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