Shyganak or Shaganak ( kk, Шығанақ; russian: Шаганак), ''
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Pavlodar Region
Pavlodar Region ( kk, Павлодар облысы, translit=Pavlodar oblysy; russian: Павлодарская область, translit=Pavlodarskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and ; the latest official ...
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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 ...
lying at the southern end of the
Ishim Plain
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. Smaller salt lakes and salt marshes surround it.The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems /ref> The lake has an irregular shape, its shores are flat, swampy in the southern part. Shyganak freezes in early November and thaws in late April.Google Earth
The Shiderti river flows into the lake from the southeast. In its last section the river is named Karasu. In years of exceptional snowfall, the waters of the Shiderti (Karasu) may fill the whole lake basin, flow out of lake Shyganak and reach the larger lake Zhalauli to the north, but only very rarely.
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List of lakes of Kazakhstan
Excluding the northernmost districts, Kazakhstan consists of endorheic basins, where rivers flow into one of the numerous lakes. The most important drainage system is known as Yedisu, meaning "seven rivers" in Turkic languages. Below is the list ...