Balyktykol (; )Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица) is a lake in Zhanasemey District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan.Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
The lake is located to the west of Semey city, former Semipalatinsk.
Geography Balyktykol is a lake in eastern Kazakhstan. It is elongated, with a bend in the middle. The northern section is aligned from northwest to southeast, while the eastern is aligned from east to west. A tributary of the Shagan flows into Balyktykol from the southeast into the southeastern end. The lake lies about to the south of the Irtysh and to the north of lake Karabastuz. Close to the southwest of the western shore there is a small round lake and to the south lies lake Shuga.
The water of Balyktykol is saline. The lake surface freezes in the middle of November and thaws by the first decade of April.Google Earth
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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External links
Озера и реки Казахстана (in Russian)