Kamkalykol () is a lake in the Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake is located to the ESE of Ulanbel village. The ruins of ghost town Kishi Kamkaly, abandoned in 2019, lie by the northern end of the lake. The lake water is used for watering livestock grazing in the surrounding area.
Geography Kamkalykol lies in the lower Shu river basin to the north of the river channel. Lake Karakol is located to the northwest and lake Zhalanash to the west. Kamkalykol stretches roughly from northwest to southeast for almost . To the south it is bound by the Shu floodplain.Google Earth
Kamkalykol freezes over in mid-November and thaws in March. On average the water level rises right after the melting of the snow in the spring and decreases in the summer.ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages.
Flora The lake is swampy, especially in its southern part. There is abundant reed growth by the lakeshore and in shallow areas.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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Подземные моря Уфы Ахмедсафина Chu-Talas, Kazakhstan Об утверждении перечня объектов государственного природно-заповедного фонда республиканского значения (On approval of the list of objects of the state natural reserve fund of republican significance)