Aksuat (; ) is a brackish lake in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.
Aksuat is a steppe lake of the central sector of the Turgay Basin in Nauyrzym District, Kostanay Region. Now uninhabited Naurzum village is located near the lake and the Naurzum Nature Reserve protected area is named after it.Naurzum State Nature Reserve - BirdLife Data Zone Karamendy, the administrative center of the district, is located about to the northwest and Shili village to the northeast of the northern end of the lake.Aksuat Lake - BirdLife Data Zone
Geography Aksuat is an endorheic lake lying in the Ishim river valley, between Zharman lake to the north and Sarykopa farther to the south. It is a shallow and elongated lake system, stretching roughly from SSW to NNE and consisting of two main lakes, the Small Aksuat and the Big Aksuat which are connected by a long channel. The Karasu river flows into the lake from the southwest. In years of heavy snowfall the lake may reach a surface area of in the spring, but during the dry season in the summer the lake usually splits into a number of smaller, very shallow lakes. In years of drought Aksuat may dry completely up.
The lake freezes in November and its ice begins to melt in April. The banks are indented and the bottom of the lake is muddy. The water has a high concentration of minerals.Аксуат; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)Google Earth
Fauna Aksuat is part of the Naurzum Nature Reserve. It can support large concentrations of waterbirds such as the white-tailed lapwing, common goldeneye and squacco heron. There have been sightings of the critically endangered siberian crane, but few.Sites with great importance for the Siberian Crane Among the fish species found in the lake, perch, common roach and carp deserve mention.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links Saryarka – Steppe Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan Birds of Kazakhstan: new and interesting data, part 2