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Lake Balkhash, also spelt Lake Balqash (Kazakh: Балқаш көлі, Balqaş kölı, pronounced [bɑʟ̠ˈqɑʃ kɵˈlʉ]), is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the eastern part of Central Asia and sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, an endorheic (closed) basin.
Map of Kazakhstan. This is a List of islands of Kazakhstan. There are several inland islands with Kazakhstan, including those on Lake Balkash, Lake Tengizi, the Caspian Sea, and the Aral Sea within Kazakhstan with islands. Click on the OpenStreetMap link to see the location of notable islands of Kazakhstan. [1] [2] [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Detailed map of Kazakhstan . Kazakhstan is located ... 48,000 large and small lakes such as Balkhash Lake, Lake Zaysan and ...
The following nine localities in Karaganda Region have town status: [17] Karaganda, Balkhash, Priozersk, Saran, Shakhtinsk, and Temirtau. For some decades during the USSR era, the southern part of what is today Karaganda Region was a separate region, known as Jezkazgan Region , with the administrative center in Jezkazgan.
Lake Balkhash is located in the South-East of Kazakhstan in 3 regions of the country: Karaganda, Almaty and Zhambyl regions. In the North of the lake begins the border of the Kazakh melkosopochnik, in the West – the Betpak-Dala desert, in the South-the Chu-ili ridge, the Taukum and saryesik-Atyrau Sands.
It originates in the Dzungarian Alatau Mountains near the border with China and flows into the endorheic Lake Balkhash. It is the easternmost of two large rivers that flow into the lake; the other is the Ili. [1] The Karatal is one of the main rivers of the historic region of Zhetysu. The river is 390 kilometres (240 mi) long and has a basin ...
Kashkanteniz lies inland from the western coast of Lake Balkhash, about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from Kashkanteniz Bay inner shore. The lake stretches roughly from northwest to southeast for more than 22 kilometers (14 mi). Its shores are flat and marshy and the water of the lake is salty. In the past it had been connected with Lake Balkhash. [3]
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