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Sarykopa
Sarykopa (; ) is a bittern salt lake in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Sarykopa lies in the steppe of the central sector of the Turgay Basin in Zhangeldi District, in the southern area of there Kostanay Region. There are a number of villages situated near the lake. Geography Sarykopa is an endorheic lake. Its shape is elongated, stretching roughly from SSW to NNE. The long Saryozen river flows into the lake from the north and the Teke from the west. Since the lake is fed by snow its level is subject to variations according to the inflow, reaching a maximum area of in the spring floods when the snow melts. In years of significant snowfall the lake becomes a single body of water and its waters may flow out into the Turgay river through a channel close to Tauysh village in the south, but such periods are very few and far between.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saryozen (Turgay Basin)
The Saryozen (), also known as Konyrauli (), is a river in the Zharkain District of Akmola Region and the Amangeldi and Zhangeldi districts of Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. The river is long and the area of its basin is .Google Earth''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jacob. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0(T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5 Geography The Saryozen belongs to the Turgay basin. It has its sources in the Saryadyr plateau. It heads initially southwestwards, then it bends westwards and in its mid course it bends again and heads southwestwards. Finally it enters lake Sarykopa from the northeastern end. In years of high water the Saryozen river may flow across lake Sarykopa into the Turgay through a channel near Tauysh village. Its main tributary is the long Ulken Damdi from the right. See also *List of rivers of Kazakhstan This is a list of rivers of Kazakhstan, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauysh
Tauysh () is a village in Zhangeldi District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Zharkol rural district (KATO code - 394249100). Population: Geography Tauysh is located at the southern end of lake Sarykopa. In years of significant snowfall water flows out of the lake southwards into the Turgay river through a channel close to the village, but only very rarely.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5Google Earth Google Earth is a web mapping, web and computer program created by Google that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satelli .... References Populated places in Kostanay Region {{KostanayRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgay Basin
The Turgay Depression, also known as Turgay Basin, Turgay Trough, and Turgay Hollow (; ), is a structural basin in Kazakhstan.Тургайская ложбина '''' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. . - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian) The depression is named after the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulken Koskopa
Ulken Koskopa (; ) is a salt lake in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. The lake is located to the southwest of Mereke (Kostanay Region), Mereke. Now abandoned Karasu village was located by the northern shore. The area is quite desolate, with few settlements. The name ''Koskopa'' in the Kazakh language means "Double Kopa" —"Kopa" referring to a lake that seasonally becomes a salt marsh overgrown with reeds and sedges.Койчубаев Е. ''Краткий толковый словарь топонимов Казахстана''. — Almaty: «Наука» Kazakh SSR, 1974. — Т. 1. — pp. 145 — 275. Geography Ulken Koskopa is an endorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Sarykopa lake basin. River Saryozen (Turgay basin), Saryozen flows to the southeast. The lake lies at an elevation of . Small river Karasu flows in from the north and twin lake Kishi Koskopa is very close to the south, both lakes being joined by a short wide Sound (geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishi Koskopa
Kishi Koskopa (; ) is a salt lake in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. The lake is located to the southwest of Mereke. The area is quite desolate, with few settlements. The name ''Koskopa'' in the Kazakh language means "Double Kopa" —"Kopa" referring to a lake that seasonally becomes a salt marsh overgrown with reeds and sedges.Койчубаев Е. ''Краткий толковый словарь топонимов Казахстана''. — Almaty: «Наука» Kazakh SSR, 1974. — Т. 1. — pp. 145 — 275. Geography Kishi Koskopa is an exorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Sarykopa lake basin. River Saryozen flows to the southeast. The lake lies at an elevation of . Kishi Koskopa is joined in the north by a short wide sound with twin lake Ulken Koskopa. A small right tributary of the Saryozen flows out from the southwestern shore. The bottom of the lake is muddy. Kishi Koskopa has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostanay Region
Kostanay Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is the city of Kostanay. The population of the region is 835,686. The population living in Kostanay is 207,000 which is equivalent to 23% of the region. Geography Kostanay Region is adjacent to the Russian federal subjects Orenburg Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, and is near the Ural Mountains. It also touches four other Kazakh regions: Aktobe Region to the southwest, Karaganda Region to the south, Akmola Region to the southeast, and North Kazakhstan Region to the northeast. The Tobol (Tobyl) River, a tributary of the Irtysh River, starts in and flows through the region on its way to Russia. Kostanay Region's area is 197,000 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest of the Kazakh regions. Flora and fauna Resources of an animal and flora of Kostanay Region are suitable for the organization and development of zones and objects of civilized fishery and a hunt, lake-commodity fish cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhangeldi District
Zhangeldi (, ) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Torgay. Population: Geography Lakes Kushmurun and Sarykopa are located in the district. There are also numerous smaller salt lakes such as Zhamantuz Zhamantuz (; "bad salt") may refer to: *Zhamantuz, Aksu City Administration, a lake in the Aksu City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan *Zhamantuz, Aktogay District, a lake in Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan *Zhamantuz (lake, .... References Districts of Kazakhstan Kostanay Region {{KostanayRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgay (river)
The Turgay ( orɣai (also known as Torgai, Torghay or Turgai; , Romanised: ''Torğai''; , Romanised: ''Turgay'') is a river in Kazakhstan.Тургай It has a length of and a of . The Naurzum Nature Reserve is a located in the river basin. Course [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-tailed Lapwing
The white-tailed lapwing or white-tailed plover (''Vanellus leucurus'') is a wader in the lapwing genus. The genus name ''Vanellus'' is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from ''vannus'' a winnowing fan. The specific ''leucurus'' is from Ancient Greek ''leukouros'', "white-tailed". This medium-sized lapwing is long-legged and fairly long-billed. It is the only lapwing likely to be seen in other than very shallow water, where it picks insects and other small prey mainly from the surface. Adults are slim erect birds with a brown back and foreneck, paler face and grey breast. Its long yellow legs, pure white tail and distinctive brown, white and black wings make this species unmistakable. Young birds have a scaly back, and may show some brown in the tail. The breeding season call is a ''peewit'', similar to northern lapwing. It breeds semi-colonially on inland marshes in Iraq, Kuwait, Iran and southern Russia. Four eggs are laid in a ground nest. The Iraqi and Iranian breed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a list of the more important lakes, some of which are shared (Caspian Sea, Lake Aral, Lake Aike, etc.) with the neighbouring countries. See also * Sor (geomorphology) References {{Europe topic, List of lakes of * Lakes Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberian Crane
The Siberian crane (''Leucogeranus leucogeranus''), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the crane (bird), cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all White, snowy white, except for their black Flight feather, primary feathers that are visible in flight, and with two Population ecology, breeding populations in the Arctic tundra of western and Russian Far East, eastern Russia. The eastern populations bird migration, migrate during winter to China, while the western population winters in Iran and (formerly) in Bharatpur district, Bharatpur, India. Among the cranes, they make the longest distance Animal migration, migrations. Their populations, particularly those in the western range, have declined drastically in the 20th century due to Fowling, hunting along their migration routes and habitat destruction, habitat degradation. The world population was estimated in 2010 at about 3,200 birds, mostly belongin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critically Endangered
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of the 157,190 species currently on the IUCN Red List, 9,760 of those are listed as critically endangered, with 1,302 being possibly extinct and 67 possibly extinct in the wild. The IUCN Red List provides the public with information regarding the conservation status of animal, fungi, and plant species. It divides various species into seven different categories of conservation that are based on habitat range, population size, habitat, threats, etc. Each category represents a different level of global extinction risk. Species that are considered to be critically endangered are placed within the "Threatened" category. As the IUCN Red List does not consider a species extinct until extensive targeted surveys have been conducted, species that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
