Aksuat (lake)
Aksuat (Kazakh: Ақсуат; Russian: Аксуат) is a brackish lake in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.
| Aksuat | |
|---|---|
| Ақсуат / Аксуат | |
Sentinel-2 image of the lake in 2022. | |
Aksuat | |
| Location | Turgay Basin |
| Coordinates | 51°27′N 64°29′E |
| Type | endorheic |
| 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 is a steppe lake of the central sector of the 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. 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.
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