Seiten or Seyten ( kk, Сейтен) 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). ...

Sharbakty District Sharbakty ( kk, Шарбақты ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Sharbakty. Population: Geography Lake Seiten and the eastern part of lake Mar ...

, Pavlodar Region,

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. The lake lies to the southwest of Chigirinovka village, about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border.ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
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Geography

Seiten is part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the

Kulunda Plain The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (russian: Кулундинская равнина, kk, Құлынды даласы, ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberi ...

, about to the SSE of lake

Maraldy Maraldy or Maraldi ( kk, Маралды) is a salt lake in Sharbakty and Pavlodar districts, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies to the east of Pavlodar town, about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The A18 highway passes to the ...

. Lake Borli lies to the southwest. The shape of the lake is almost round and its shore is steep all around with cliffs rising to heights between and . The water of the lake is bitter, not suitable for agricultural purposes. Seiten does not dry out in the summer and does not freeze in the winter.

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''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

Flora and fauna

Lake Seiten is surrounded by steppe vegetation.

References

External links

Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
Lakes of Pavlodar Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub

Geography

Flora and fauna

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