Zhaltyrsor

Zhaltyrsor
Жалтырсор
Sentinel-2 picture of the lake in July
Zhaltyrsor
Location	Turgay Depression
Coordinates	49°52′39″N 64°58′51″E / 49.87750°N 64.98083°E / 49.87750; 64.98083
Type	exorheic lake
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	5.6 kilometers (3.5 mi)
Max. width	3.4 kilometers (2.1 mi)
Surface area	13.2 square kilometers (5.1 sq mi)
Residence time	UTC+5:00
Surface elevation	124.2 meters (407 ft)
Settlements	Kabyrga

Zhaltyrsor (Kazakh: Жалтырсор) is a lake in Amangeldi District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.^[1]

The lake is located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) to the ESE of Kabyrga village and 34 kilometers (21 mi) to the southwest of Amangeldi, the district capital.^[2]

Zhaltyrsor is a exorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Turgay river basin. The lake lies at an elevation of 124 meters (407 ft) within the floodplain of the Tenteksay (Тентексай), a tributary of the Turgay, and is connected to it during spring floods. Lake Katpagan lies 29 kilometers (18 mi) to the southeast.^[1]

Zhaltyrsor stretches for over 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) in an east–west direction. The lake fills with snow and groundwater. It freezes at the end of November and thaws by the end of March. The shore is flat, with rocky and swampy stretches. In the summer the level of the lake sinks and it becomes a salt marsh.^[2][3]

The lake basin is surrounded by steppe vegetation and is used as a pasture for local cattle. the water becomes salty in the summer, but it can be used for watering livestock in the spring.^[3]

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan

• Media related to Zhaltyrsor at Wikimedia Commons