Aksuat (lake)
| Aksuat | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ақсуат / Аксуат | ||
Primary inflows Karasu | | |
| Primary outflows | none | |
| Basin countries | Kazakhstan | |
| Max. length | 18.1 kilometers (11.2 mi) | |
| Max. width | 4.2 kilometers (2.6 mi) | |
| Surface area | 50 square kilometers (19 sq mi) | |
| Max. depth | 3 meters (9.8 ft) | |
| Shore length1 | 57 kilometers (35 mi) | |
| Surface elevation | 119 meters (390 ft) | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | ||
Aksuat (Kazakh: Ақсуат; Russian: Аксуат) is a brackish lake in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.[1]
Aksuat is a
Turgay Basin in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region. Now uninhabited Naurzum village is located near the lake and the Naurzum Nature Reserve protected area is named after it.[2] Karamendy, the administrative center of the district, is located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) to the northwest and Shili village 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) to the northeast of the northern end of the lake.[3][4][1]
Geography
Aksuat is an
snowfall
the lake may reach a surface area of 220 square kilometers (85 sq mi) in the spring, but during the dry season in the summer the lake usually splits into a number of smaller, very shallow lakes. In years of drought Aksuat may dry completely up.
The lake freezes in November and its ice begins to melt in April.[5] The banks are indented and the bottom of the lake is muddy. The water has a high concentration of minerals.[6][3]
Fauna
Aksuat is part of the Naurzum Nature Reserve. It can support large concentrations of waterbirds such as the
critically endangered siberian crane, but few.[5]
Among the fish species found in the lake, perch, common roach and carp deserve mention.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "M-41 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Naurzum State Nature Reserve - BirdLife Data Zone
- ^ a b Google Earth
- ^ a b c Aksuat Lake - BirdLife Data Zone
- ^ a b Sites with great importance for the Siberian Crane
- A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
External links
- Saryarka – Steppe Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
- Birds of Kazakhstan: new and interesting data, part 2
