Kalibek
Kalibek (Kazakh: Қалыбек; Russian: Калибек)[1][2] is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[3]
| Kalibek | |
|---|---|
| Қалыбек / Калибек | |
 2021 Sentinel-2 image of the lake in June | |
  Kalibek | |
| Location | Ishim Plain West Siberian Plain |
| Coordinates | 53°52′N 70°37′E |
| Type | endorheic |
| Catchment area | 2,660 square kilometers (1,030 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
| Max. length | 17 kilometers (11 mi) |
| Max. width | 7.3 kilometers (4.5 mi) |
| Surface area | 110 square kilometers (42 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) |
| Water volume | 0.6 cubic kilometers (0.14 cu mi) |
| Residence time | UTC+6 |
| Shore length1 | 70 kilometers (43 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 85.6 meters (281 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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
- қазақстан республикасының мемлекеттік жіктеуіші - КЛАССИФИКАТОР АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО – ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ
- Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица)
- "N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- Google Earth
- North Kazakhstan Region - Minerals and Water Resources
- The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems
- Калибек; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
- Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments
External links
Media related to Qalybek Lake at Wikimedia Commons- Kalibek — Lakes - LakeNet
- GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF SALINE LAKES IN THE NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION
- ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНАЯ НАЦИЯ В ФОКУСЕ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ (in Russian)
