Kalibek (Kazakh: Қалыбек; Russian: Калибек)[1][2] is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[3]

Taiynsha town, the administrative center of the district, lies 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the west of the lake.[4]

Geography

Kalibek lies in the southern part of the Ishim Plain, southwest of the Russian border.[5] It is an endorheic lake located in a depression between Shaglyteniz to the west and Kishi-Karoy to the east. Alabota lake lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the ESE.[6][4] Kalibek is fed mainly by snow and rain. The lake bottom is clayey and its shores are low and gently-sloping. Its surface greatly decreases after the spring floods.[7]

A number of intermittent small streams flow into the lakeshore, the two main ones from the southwest. Ushsay, a small, narrow lake located in the northeast, is connected to Kalibek by a channel. Formerly there was exploitation of salt for commercial purposes at the lake.[8]

2021 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in December.

See also

References

  1. ^ қазақстан республикасының мемлекеттік жіктеуіші - КЛАССИФИКАТОР АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО – ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ
  2. ^ Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
  3. ^ "N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Google Earth
  5. ^ North Kazakhstan Region - Minerals and Water Resources
  6. ^ The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems
  7. ^ Калибек; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
  8. ^ Kolpakova, M. N.; Gaskova, O. L.; Naymushina, O. S.; Karpov, A. V.; Vladimirov, A. G.; Krivonogov, S. K. (2019). "Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments". Applied Geochemistry. 107: 8. Bibcode:2019ApGC..107....8K. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.05.013.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibek
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