Teke ( kk, Теке; russian: Теке) is a bittern salt lake in

Ualikhanov District Ualikhanov ( kk, Уәлиханов ауданы, ) is a district of North Kazakhstan Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Kishkenekol. Population: Geography Lakes Siletiteniz and Teke Teke ...

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. The lake lies to the north of the northern end of larger

Siletiteniz Siletiteniz ( kk, Сілетітеңіз, ''Sıletıteñız''), also Seletyteniz, Seletytengiz is an endorheic salt lake located in the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The lake lies partly in North Kazakhstan and in the Pavlodar ...

lake. to the west lies lake

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. There are periodic deposits of salt on its shores, with extraction taking place in the summer. The salt of the lake contains

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Geography

Teke 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 ...

located at the bottom of a depression in the southern part of the

Ishim Plain Ishim Steppe (russian: Ишимская равнина, kk, Есіл даласы, ''Yesil dalasy'') is a plain in the southern part of Western Siberia, between the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Administratively it is part of Kurgan, Tyumen, and Om ...

, south of the Russian border. Its shores are partly indented as well as very steep, with high cliffs in some places, as well as islets off the shore. The lake is fed by snow, as well as groundwater. Lake Teke is surrounded by

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and a wide strip of

solonchak Solonchak ( Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid, poorly drained conditions. The word is Russian for "sa ...

soil.Теке (озеро)
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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian) The Taldysay and Tleusai are the main rivers flowing into the lake.

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Flora and fauna

The west bank of Teke lake is visited yearly by large flocks of demoiselle cranes and Eurasian cranes during their autumn migration.Филонец П. П., Омаров Т. Р. ''Озёра Северного, Западного и Восточного Казахстана.'' Л.: 1974

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* Lakes of Kazakhstan Endorheic lakes of Asia North Kazakhstan Region West Siberian Plain {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub

Geography

Flora and fauna

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