Kiyakty

Kiyakty (; ) is a salt lake in Nura District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.

Kiyakty lies in the northwestern sector of the district. The nearest inhabited locality is Zhanbobek (Жанбөбек) located to the southwest of the lakeshore.Google Earth

Geography Kiyakty is an endorheic lake of the Kulanotpes basin that lies at above sea level. It is located to the south of the southern shore of Lake Tengiz. The Kiyakty, an intermittent river, flows into the southeastern corner. This river usually dries up in the summer. There is a long islet off the western lakeshore.

The northern lakeshore is steep, between and high. The western, southern and eastern shorelines are flat and marshy. The lake is fed by snow, precipitation and groundwater. Its water level is usually at its highest in April and at its lowest in October. Lake Kerey lies to the WNW and river Kon to the east. In recent years, Kiyakty is turning into a sor.Nature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jakyp. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

Flora and fauna Lake Kiyakty is surrounded by steppe vegetation and its basin is a seasonal grazing ground for local cattle. In August 1985 there was reportedly a colony of about 300 greater flamingos in the lake.Zoogeographical results of the Bicentennial study of the northern part of the Asian population of Phoenicopterus roseus

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