Sharbakty ( kk, Шарбақты; russian: Щербакты) 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). ...
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.
The lake is located about west of the
Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Akkuly, the district capital, lies to the WNW.
[ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ](_blank)
/ref>
Geography
Sharbakty is an endorheic lake part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression
A structural basin is a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata. They are geological depressions, the inverse of domes. Elongated structural basins are also known as synclines. ...
of the Kulunda Plain. Toleuberdy (Толеуберды), a small lake, is located from the southwestern shore. Lake Uyaly lies to the south, Malybay to the north and red lake Kyzyltuz to the NNW. River Irtysh flows to the southwest.Sharbakty
Sharbakty ( kz, Шарбақты, ''Şarbaqty'') is a selo in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It bor ...
village lies by the eastern lakeshore. The M38 Highway from the Border of Russia to Pavlodar and Semey (Semipalatinsk), passes near the northern end of the lake.Google Earth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...
[''Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - ]Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
Flora and fauna
Lake Sharbakty is surrounded by steppe vegetation.
See also
* List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
Lakes of Pavlodar Region
Kulunda Steppe
{{Kazakhstan-geo-stub