Borli () is an alkaline lake in Akkuly District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the NNE of Akkuly, the district capital, and about southeast of Pavlodar, the regional capital.
Geography Borly is part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the Kulunda Plain, about to the SSE of lake Maraldy. Lake Seiten lies to the northeast, Kalatuz to the WNW, close to the Irtysh, Kazy to the SSE, Kyzyltuz to the southeast, and Bargana to the east.
The shape of the lake is almost oval, oriented in a northwest - southeast direction. Its water is alkaline, with a pH of more than 9, only matched by lake Uyaly further south. The total salinity is less than . Lake Borly does not dry out in the summer and does not freeze in the winter.Google EarthAtameken: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
Flora and fauna Lake Borli is surrounded by steppe vegetation.
See also List of soda lakes
References
External links Freshwater Reservoir Effect on Re-Dating of Eurasian Steppe Cultures: First Results for Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age North-East Kazakhstan