Chagan (; ) is a

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in Karasuksky District,

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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 ...

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. Lake Chagan is located at the Russia-Kazakhstan border.

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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

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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.

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" Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 , Volume VI 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

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to the southeast.

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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

Geography

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