Chagan (; ) is a
salt lake
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in
Karasuksky District,
Novosibirsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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, with a small part in
Uspen District,
Pavlodar Region
Pavlodar Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and The latest official estimate (as at the start of 2022) was 756,511. Its capital is the city of Pavlodar, which had a population of 360,014 at the start of 201 ...
,
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 ...
.
Lake Chagan is located at the
Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Bogatyr
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town lies by the southwestern shore, in the Kazakh side, and now abandoned Pervomaysky village by the southeastern shore, in the Russian side. The latter was abolished in 2011.
Geography
The lake lies in the northern part of the
Kulunda Plain. The
Kazakhstan–Russia border
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runs diagonally off the shore from northwest to southeast across the southwestern side. Most of the lake is within Russian territory.
Lake Chagan has a roughly square shape, with one large bay in the northeast and a smaller one in the northern shore.
Google Earth
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[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - ]Almaty
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Lake Kalininskoye lies to the northeast,
Studyonoye to the north,
Ulken Azhbolat
Ulken Azhbolat (; , ''Bolshoy Azhbulat'') is a bittern salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the NNE of Pavlodar town, north of Uspenka, the district capital, and west of Lozovoye.
There are mirabilite ...
to the southwest, and
Bolshoye Topolnoye
Bolshoye Topolnoye (), meaning "big Populus, poplar", is a lake in Burlinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth
The lake lies at the northwestern end of the Krai. A small part of the northwestern shore belongs to the SW corner ...
to the southeast.
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 a list o ...
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List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Achchyon (Аччён)
* Akush (Акуш)
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
* Astrodym (Астродым)
* Baikal (Байкал)
* Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Ba ...
References
External links
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Успен ауданының жерлерді бөлу нобайын бекіту туралыHydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan
Lakes of Novosibirsk Oblast
Lakes of Pavlodar Region
Kulunda Steppe
Kazakhstan–Russia border
Endorheic lakes of Asia