Teniz ( kk, Теңіз; russian: Тениз)Озера Тоунсорского заказника
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Kamysty District Kamysty ( kk, Қамысты ауданы, ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village#Central and Eastern Europe, selo of Kamysty. Population: Geo ...

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. Urkash village lies to the northwest of the lake. Teniz is part of the Tounsor State Nature Reserve, a

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under the

Naurzum Nature Reserve Naurzum State Nature Reserve ( kk, Наурызым мемлекеттік табиғи қорығы, ) is a nature reserve in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the UNESCO heritage site Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan ...

Geography

Teniz lies in the basin of the

Tobol The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River was ...

, east of the Russian border. It 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 in a depression between lakes

Kulykol Kulykol ( kk, Қулыкөл) is a lake in Kamysty District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies near the Kazakhstan–Russia border. The nearest inhabited place is Taldykol, located to the east.Google Earth Kulykol is part of the Kulyko ...

/ Taldykol to the west and Urkash to the east. Shukyrkol lake lies to the northeast. The lake has high banks, up to , steep in places.The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems
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River Karasu flows into the western side of the lake from the north.

Flora and fauna

An up to wide belt of reeds surround the lakeshore. Teniz is an important stopover of bird migratory routes. However, from the 1980s to 1990s part of the birds, such as the red-breasted geese moved to the

lake. Currently the most important concentrations are made up of

blue duck The blue duck or whio (''Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only member of the genus ''Hymenolaimus''. Its exact taxonomic status is still unresolved, but ...

crested duck The crested duck or South American crested duck (''Lophonetta specularioides'') is a species of duck native to South America, the belonging to the monotypic genus ''Lophonetta''. It is sometimes included in ''Anas'', but it belongs to a South Am ...

mallard The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...

s and

Eurasian teal The Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca''), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being th ...

s, as well as

coot Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus ''Fulica'', the name being the Latin term for "coot". Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually ...

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Атлас ключевых территорий для стерха и других околоводных птиц Западной и Центральной Азии
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Kazakhstan Endorheic lakes of Asia Kostanay Region

Geography

Flora and fauna

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