Tuzkol ( kk, Тұзкөл) 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
Bayanaul District
Bayanaul ( kk, Баянауыл ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Bayanaul. Population:
Geography
Bayanaul District lies in the Kazakh Uplands. h ...
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Pavlodar Region
Pavlodar Region ( kk, Павлодар облысы, translit=Pavlodar oblysy; russian: Павлодарская область, translit=Pavlodarskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and ; the latest official ...
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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The lake lies southwest of the town of
Bayanaul
Bayanaul ( kk, Баянауыл) is a settlement in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Bayanaul District and the administrative center of the Bayanaul rural district (KATO code - 553630100). Population:
Geography
Bayanaul lies i ...
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Geography
Tuzkol lies in a tectonic depression of the Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...
to the southwest of the eastern part of the Bayanaul Range
Bayanaul Range ( kk, Баянауыл тауы; russian: Баянаульские горы) is a range of mountains in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.Kanysh Satpaev. Encyclopedia / Editor-in-Chief B. O. Jakyp. — Almaty "Kazakh Enc ...
and to the east of the Ashchysu
The Ashchysu ( kk, Ащысу) is a river in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan and a tributary of the Shagan (Irtysh), Shagan, of the Irtysh basin. The river is long and the area of its basin is .Google Earth
Geography
The Ashchysu has its sources ...
river. It is the largest of the lakes of the district. Zhanatilek village is located to the south of the southern shore.saline
Saline may refer to:
* Saline (medicine), a liquid with salt content to match the human body
* Saline water, non-medicinal salt water
* Saline, a historical term (especially US) for a salt works or saltern
Places
* Saline, Calvados, a commune in ...
, containing magnesium
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and sodium chloride. There is an to thick layer of mud at the bottom of the lake emitting a strong hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a colorless chalcogen-hydride gas, and is poisonous, corrosive, and flammable, with trace amounts in ambient atmosphere having a characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. The unde ...
smell. The mud is used locally for medicinal purposes.Google Earth
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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
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Ozero Tuzkol’, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Pavlodar Region
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