Kypshak
Kypshak (Kazakh: Қыпшақ), also known as Azhibeksor (Kazakh: Әжібайсор; Russian: Ажибексор), is a salt lake in Nura District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.
| Kypshak | |
|---|---|
| Қыпшақ / Әжібайсор | |
2011 Landsat-5 image of lakes Kypshak (left) and Kerey | |
Kypshak | |
| Location | Kazakh Uplands |
| Coordinates | 50°08′N 68°23′E |
| Type | endorheic |
| Primary inflows | Kypshak, Akkoshkar |
| Primary outflows | none |
| Catchment area | 3,151 square kilometers (1,217 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
| Max. length | 10.5 kilometers (6.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 8.5 kilometers (5.3 mi) |
| Surface area | 64.7 square kilometers (25.0 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 37.2 kilometers (23.1 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 318.9 meters (1,046 ft) |
| Islands | none |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
In the 1930s Kypshak dried up and turned into a salt pan, but in the following decades it filled up once more and on the USSR topographic map of 1989 it was marked again as a lake.
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