Shchuchye ( kk, Шортанды, ''Shortandy''; russian: Щучье) is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Burabay District
Burabay District ( kk, Бурабай ауданы, ; russian: Бурабайский район) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Shchuchinsk. Population:
Prior to S ...
,
Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
,
Kazakhstan
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.
The name of the lake means "
pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
" in Russian, and it was thus named because of the abundance of this fish in its waters. The lake is part of the
Burabay National Park
The Burabay National Park (, ) is a natural park located in Burabay District, in Aqmola Region, Kazakhstan, near Nur-Sultan.
The park was selected as one of the top 10 tourist destinations in Kazakhstan.
The park is under the direct jurisdiction ...
, a
protected area
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.
Geography
Shchuchye lies in the eastern sector of the
Kokshetau Lakes
Kokshetau Lakes ( kk, Көкшетау көлдері) is a group of water bodies in the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions, Kazakhstan.
The lakes are in a picturesque mountain setting with rocky outcrops and pine forest covered hill slopes. Th ...
, SSE of lake
Kishi Shabakty
Kishi Shabakty ( kk, Кіші Шабақты; russian: Малое Чебачье, ''Maloye Chebachye'' —"Small Chebachye") is a lake in Burabay District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake is part of the Burabay National Park, a protected are ...
and SSW of
Lake Burabay. It is the deepest lake of the whole group. Its shape is elongated, stretching from NNW to SSE for over . There are three small rocky islets by the southwestern shore and one in the northwest. The bottom of the lake is mostly muddy, with a sandy zone in the southwestern part.
[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - ]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" General editor, 1998 ISBN 5-89800-123-9 , Volume IX
Shchuchinsk
Shchuchinsk ( kz, Щучинск, ''Şuchinsk''; russian: Щучинск, ) is a city in northern-central Kazakhstan, located 75 kilometres south-east of Kokshetau on Lake Shchuchye. It is the seat of Burabay District (form. Shchuchinsk District) ...
city lies to the southwest by the lake and was named after it in the 19th century.
Burabay
Burabay ( kk, Бурабай), formerly ''Borovoye'', is a settlement in Burabay District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Burabay rural district (KATO code - 117035100). Population:
Burabay is a spa town. The ...
spa town
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Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. H ...
to the NNE.
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Flora and fauna
There are forests close to the lakeshore in most stretches. The native fish species living in the lake are
pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
,
crucian carp
The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lat ...
,
roach
Roach may refer to:
Animals
* Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea
* Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae
** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes
* California roach ...
,
tench
The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...
and
perch
Perch is a common name for fish of the genus ''Perca'', freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Percif ...
.
European cisco
''Coregonus albula'', known as the vendace or as the European cisco, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in ...
and
peled have been introduced. There may be a population of
ninespine stickleback
The ninespine stickleback (''Pungitius pungitius''), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and ...
and
carp
Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...
as well.
Состояние гидробионтов водоемов особо охраняемых природных территорий республиканского значения северного и центрального Казахстана
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See also
*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 ...
References
External links
Burabay National Park
(in Russian)
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan
Lakes of Kazakhstan
North Kazakhstan Region
Kazakh Uplands
ru:Щучье (озеро, Акмолинская область)