Shyganak or Shaganak (; ),Шидерты (река); Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица) is a salt lake in Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan

The lake is located about to the WSW of Aktogay, the district capital.ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

Geography Shyganak is an endorheic lake lying at the southern end of the Ishim Plain. The lake is located about southeast of lake Zhalauly and to the west of Karakaska. Other smaller salt lakes and salt marshes surround it.The Origin of the Depression Lake Systems Shyganak has an irregular shape, its shores are flat, swampy in the southern part. Shyganak freezes in early November and thaws in late April.Google Earth

The Shiderti river flows into the lake from the southeast. In its last section the river is named Karasu. In years of exceptional snowfall, the waters of the Shiderti (Karasu) may fill the whole lake basin, flow out of Shyganak and reach larger lake Zhalauli to the north, but only very rarely. Lake Sholaksor lies to the southwest.

See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan

References

External links Озера и реки Казахстана (in Russian)