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Shalkar (Kazakh: Шалқар; Russian: Шалкар) is a brackish lake in Terekti District, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[1]

Shalkar
Шалқар
ISS image of Shalkar in 2021
Shalkar
Location	Caspian Lowland
Coordinates	50°33′N 51°41′E
Type	brackish
Primary inflows	Sholakankaty and Yesenankaty
Primary outflows	Solyanka
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	18.4 kilometers (11.4 mi)
Max. width	14.7 kilometers (9.1 mi)
Surface area	205.8 square kilometers (79.5 sq mi) to 200 square kilometers (77 sq mi)
Average depth	5.1 meters (17 ft)
Max. depth	13 meters (43 ft)
Surface elevation	17.5 meters (57 ft)

The lake lies about 70 kilometers (43 mi) to the SSE of the city of Oral.[2][3] Shalkar lake is an important bird area.[4]

Geography

Lake Shalkar lies at the bottom of a depression located in the northernmost sector of the Caspian Lowland. It is a brackish lake bound by salt marshes on the northern side.[3]

The lake is fed by snow, as well as groundwater. It freezes in November and stays under ice until May. The main inflowing rivers are the Sholakankaty and Yesenankaty, having their mouths in the eastern shore. The outflowing Solyanka connects the lake basin with the Ural River basin and is mostly dry.[2][3]

Flora and fauna

Among the fish species found in the lake, bream, carp, tench, perch, pike, catfish and gudgeon deserve mention. There are reed thickets on the Shalkar shores and in the areas of the river mouths. These provide a habitat for birds such as swans, geese, ducks, flamingos, seagulls and herons, among others.[5][6]

See also

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan

References

External links

• Media related to Shalkar Lake at Wikimedia Commons
• Shalkar Lake - Kazakhstan rivers and lakes.
• Tourism and recreational potential of the salt lakes of Western Kazakhstan

На других языках

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- [en] Shalkar (lake)

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[ru] Шалкар (озеро, Западно-Казахстанская область)

Шалка́р[2][3][4] (Челка́р[3][4]; каз.  Шалқар) — солоноватое озеро, расположенное на территории Теректинского района Западно-Казахстанской области в республике Казахстан к югу от города Уральск. Площадь зеркала в разные годы варьирует от 190 до 200 км².

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