Shandaksor (; ) is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
Shandaksor is one of the main lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz and is part of the Irtysh Water Management Basin. It is located to the north of the city. Solnechny village and the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station lie by its northeastern shore. It was formed by filling an endorheic intermittent lake (sor) with water from the Irtysh–Karaganda Canal in order to cool the adjacent thermal power station. The ashes of the station are dumped into nearby lake Karasor.ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
Geography Shandaksor is part of the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from southwest to northeast for roughly and is about wide. There are two small islands and a few little islets at the southern end of the lake. The northern end of larger lake Karasor lies to the east. Smaller lake Zhyngyldy, with the Ekibastuz GRES-1 Power Station by its northern shore, lies to the south of the southern lakeshore. Lake Tuzdysor lies to the northeast and Shureksor in the same direction.Yandex.ru - озеро Шандаксор
Shandaksor usually freezes in November and thaws in April. The lakeshores are flat and the surrounding area is used for local livestock grazing. There are also some cultivated fields.Google Earth
Fauna The lake is rich in fish, including crayfish,Informburo.kz - На Экибастузской ГРЭС-2 уверены, что не вредят водоёмам, потому что в них живут раки Данный текст скопирован с сайта as well as species that have been released in it. The water of the lake is used for cooling the power plant. Studies have been carried out in order to assess the impact on the lake fauna. Ice fishing is practiced in Shandaksor in the winterA.A. Issakhov, A.B. Darzhanova, ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IN RESERVOIR-COOLER Sputnik Kazakhstan - Экибастузец незаконно наловил 12 мешков рыбы, PAVLODAR, May 15Пресс-центр — Ловись рыбка большая и маленькая 13.03.2022KazTAG - Management of Ekibastuz GRES-2 declared ecological safety of industry
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Stuge, TS.; Taranina, GV.; Ten, VA.; Linchevskaya, MD. The chemical and biological regimes of Lake Shandaksor.