Issyk-Kul
Sign in to saveIssyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl ( ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake. It is located at an elevation of , making it the deepest lake whose deepest point is above sea level at . Despite the elevation and low temperatures during winter, it rarely freezes due to its high salinity.
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Issyk-Kul is a large, salty lake located in the Tian Shan mountains of eastern Kyrgyzstan, notable for being one of the world's deepest and largest lakes by volume despite sitting at a high mountain elevation. It rarely freezes in winter because of its high salt content, making it geographically and geologically significant.
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Key facts
- Lake.name
- Issyk-Kul
- Lake.other_name
- Temurtu-Nor
- Lake.image_bathymetry
- Issyk Kul.jpg
- Lake.caption_bathymetry
- Issyk-Kul from space, September 1992
- Lake.lake_type
- Ancient lake, EndorheicMountain lakeMonomictic, saline
- Lake.inflow
- Glaciers
- Lake.outflow
- Evaporation
- Lake.basin_countries
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lake.cities
- Balykchy, Cholpon-Ata, Karakol
- Lake.residence_time
- ~330 years
- Lake.salinity
- 6g/L
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Kyrgyzstan#West Asia
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Tourism
- History
- Environment
- Specially protected areas
- Fish
- Birds
- Dead Lake
- Russian Navy test site
- Lakeside towns
- Notable inhabitants
- See also
- References
- External links
Issyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl ( ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake. It is located at an elevation of , making it the deepest lake whose deepest point is above sea level at . Despite the elevation and low temperatures during winter, it rarely freezes due to its high salinity.
The lake is a Ramsar site of globally significant biodiversity and forms part of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Reserve.