Tebez

Tebez () is a salt lake in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake lies about to the west of Taldykum village. The area near the lakeshore is used as a grazing ground for local cattle. In the spring the lake water is usually suitable for the cattle to drink.

Geography Tebez is an endorheic lake of the Shalkar Basin. It is located at an elevation of . Lake Karakol lies to the southwest and Zhamantuz to the SSW of the lake.

Tebez is long and wide. The shores are wide and flat. The Bolgasyn river flows from the west into the southwestern lakeshore, replenishing the lake in the spring. The water of the lake is salty and bitter, its salinity increasing by the end of the summer.Google EarthKazakhstan National encyclopedia, Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty 1998. ISBN 5-89800-123-9 , Volume VIII

Flora and fauna Halophyte grasses grow near the shores and steppe vegetation in the surrounding area.

See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan

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