Tuz ( kk, Тұз; russian: Туз) is a
salt lake
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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
Akkuly ( kk, Аққулы; russian: Аккулы), formerly known as ''Lebyazhye'' (Лебяжье) until 1999 and then renamed ''Akku'' (Аққу) until 2018, is a settlement in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Akkuly District a ...
, the district capital, lies to the WNW. The border of
Abai Region stretches close to the southern lakeshore.
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Geography
Tuz is an endorheic lake part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression
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at the southern end of the Kulunda Plain. Lake Shoshkaly stretches to the southeast, 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 ...
to the WNW, Malybay to the NNW, Sormoildy
Sormoildy or Sormoiyldy ( kk, Сормойылды; russian: Сормойылды) is a salt lake group in Beskaragay District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan.
Sormoildy is located west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Koyanbay village lies to t ...
to the ENE, and lake Tengizsor to the south. River Irtysh flows to the west.Google Earth
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[''Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - ]Almaty
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: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
Flora and fauna
Lake Tuz 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
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