Tuzkol ( kk, Тұзкөл) is a

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. The lake lies roughly ENE of Borovskoy, the district capital, northeast of

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and north of

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Geography

Tuzkol lies in the

Turgay Depression The Turgay Depression, also known as Turgay Basin, Turgay Trough, and Turgay Hollow ( kk, Торғай қолатый; rus, Тургайская ложбина), is a structural basin in Kazakhstan.

, to the south of the

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. Larger

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lake is located to the south of the southern shore and

Teniz Teniz ( kk, Теңіз; russian: Тениз) is a lake in Kamysty District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Urkash village lies to the northwest of the lake. Teniz is part of the Tounsor State Nature Reserve, a protected area under the Naurzum N ...

to the NNW. River

Ubagan The Ubagan ( kk, Обаған ''Obağan''; russian: Убаган) is a river of Kazakhstan and Russia, a right tributary of the Tobol. It has a length of , and a catchment area of , with water supplied by melting snow. In the summer the water is b ...

flows northwards to the east of Tuzkol's eastern shore. The lake freezes in the winter.

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The A21 Highway skirts the lake on its southern part.

References

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Geographical places in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Lakes of Kazakhstan Kostanay Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub