Karasor
| Karasor | |
|---|---|
| Қарасор | |
 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in October 2021 | |
  Karasor | |
| Standort | Kazakh Uplands |
| Coordinates | 49°53′N 75°23′E / 49.883°N 75.383°E |
| Typ | endorheic |
| Primary inflows | Taldy, Karasu, Yesenaman, Barak and Kemer |
| Primary outflows | none |
| Catchment area | 8,750 square kilometers (3,380 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Kasachstan |
| Max. length | 43 kilometers (27 mi) |
| Max. width | 7.3 kilometers (4.5 mi) |
| Surface area | 154 square kilometers (59 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1.1 meters (3 ft 7 in) |
| Water volume | 160,000,000 cubic meters (5.7×109 cu ft) |
| Residence time | UTC+6 |
| Shore length1 | 103 kilometers (64 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 622 meters (2,041 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Karasor (Kazakh: Қарасор; Russian: Карасор),[1][2] is a salt lake in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.[3][4]
The lake is located 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the north of Karkaraly city.[5]
Geography
Karasor is an endorheic lake at the bottom of a vast depression in the central Kazakh Uplands. It stretches from east to west to the north of the Karkaraly mountains and to the south of the Ayr Range (Горы Айыр). The shape of Karasor is sinuous, narrower in its central section. The bottom of the lake is mostly silt, with a smell of hydrogen sulfide. The lakeshores are clayey, low and gently sloping.
Fourteen small rivers flow into Karasor, including the Karkaralinka, Karsakpai, Taldy, Karasu, Yesenaman, Barak and Kemer. All of them dry up in the summer. The lake freezes in November and thaws in late April or early May.[5] During periods of drought the shallow eastern part of the lake may dry up, turning into a salt pan.[1]
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See also
References
- ^ a b Карасор; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
- ^ Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
- ^ "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan
- ^ a b Google Earth
External links
Media related to Karasor at Wikimedia Commons- Озера и реки Казахстана (in Russian)
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