Sholaksor (; ) 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 liter). I ...

in the Yereymentau District,

Akmola Region Akmola Region (, ; ) is a centrally located regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. It was known as Tselinograd Oblast during Soviet Union, Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but ...

, and Aktogay 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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. The lake lies to the southwest of district capital Aktogay. The border between the two regions runs from north to south close to the western lakeshore, with Akmola Region to the west, and most of the lake in Pavlodar to the east. The area surrounding Sholaksor is used for livestock grazing. The lake water is salty.ЛАНДШАФТЫ ПАВЛОДАРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
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Geography

Sholaksor is an

endorheic lake An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally Saline water, saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes ...

of the

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, at the southern end of the

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. It is located between the Shiderti and

Sileti The Sileti (; ) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of . The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan. Course The sources of the Sileti are ...

rivers. The lake lies at an elevation of . The

Irtysh The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...

flows to the northeast of the lake.

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Sholaksor has a roughly rectangular shape. Some stretches of the shore are rocky, but it is mostly flat and low, with salt flats. The eastern shoreline is irregular and very indented. The

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flows into the southwestern end of the lake and another river flows in at the southeastern end. Sholaksor fills in spring when the snows of the surrounding basin melt. It freezes at the end of November and thaws before the end of April. In years of drought the lake may dry completely, turning into a sor There are a number of other lakes in its vicinity, such as

Shyganak Shyganak or Shaganak (; ),
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to the northeast,

Zhalauly Zhalauly (; ),
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to the north, Siletiteniz to the NNW, Karakaska to the northeast, Shandaksor to the southeast and Shureksor to the ESE.''ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia.'' / General ed. B. O. Jacob. -

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: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

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* {{Lakes of Kazakhstan Lakes of Pavlodar Region Lakes of Akmola Region Endorheic basins of Asia

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