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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 the list of the more important lakes, some of which are shared (Caspian Sea, Lake Aral, Lake Aike, etc.) with the neighbouring countries.

Lake name	Surface area	Region	Notes
Caspian Sea	371,000 square kilometres (143,244 sq mi)	Atyrau Region, Mangystau Region	The Caspian Sea is the world's largest enclosed body of water.
Alakol	2,650 square kilometres (1,023 sq mi)	Almaty Region	Bird breeding and nesting ground
Aral	17,160 square kilometres (6,626 sq mi)		Shrinking owing to environmental problems[1]
Aralsor	200 square kilometres (77 sq mi)	West Kazakhstan Region	Pink lake
Ayke	64.7 square kilometres (25 sq mi)	Aktobe Region
Azhibeksor			SW of Lake Tengiz[2]
Balkhash	16,996 square kilometres (6,562 sq mi)	Almaty Region, Karagandy Region, Jambyl Region
Bartogay		Almaty Region	Reservoir on the Chilik River
Bolshoy Azhbulat		Pavlodar Region
Chagan			Artificial lake (Former nuclear test site)
Issyk	0.22 square kilometres (0 sq mi)	Almaty Region	Not to be confused with Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan
Jasybay	4 square kilometres (2 sq mi)	Pavlodar Region
Kayindi		Almaty Region
Kamyslybas	176 square kilometres (68 sq mi)
Kapchagay			also spelled Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir
Kopa	14 square kilometres (5 sq mi)	Akmola Region
Markakol	455 square kilometres (176 sq mi)
Sasykkol	600 square kilometres (232 sq mi)	Almaty Region	Surface can reach 736 square kilometres (284 sq mi)
Tengiz	1,382 square kilometres (534 sq mi)	Akmola Region	Bird breeding and nesting ground
Ulken-Karoy	305 square kilometres (118 sq mi)	North Kazakhstan Region
Zaysan	1,810 square kilometres (699 sq mi)
Zerenda	11.9 square kilometres (5 sq mi)	Akmola Region
Zhasylkol	1 square kilometre (0 sq mi)	Almaty Region

References

На других языках

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- [en] List of lakes of Kazakhstan

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[fr] Lacs du Kazakhstan

La République du Kazakhstan possède 48 262 lacs, dont 31 ont une superficie supérieure à 100 km2 et 2 986 ont une superficie de plus de 1 km2. Le Kazakhstan est limitrophe de deux grands lacs: la mer Caspienne et la Mer d'Aral et il possède le lac Balkhach qui est l'un des plus grands lacs au monde. La superficie cumulée de tous les lacs du Kazakhstan est de 45 002 km2 pour un volume de 190 km3.

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[ru] Озёра Казахстана

В Республике Казахстан имеется 48 262 озера, из которых 45 248 имеют площадь менее 1 км². Крупных озёр с площадью более 100 км² — 21. Казахстан омывается такими крупными озёрами, как Каспийское море и Аральское море. Кроме того, в республике находится одно из самых больших озёр мира — Балхаш.

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