Lake Kamyslybas
Sign in to saveKamyslybas (, Qamystybas) is a large saltwater lake in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It has an area of 176 km2, although the water level in the lake often fluctuates.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Kamyslybas
- Lake.other_name
- Қамыстыбас
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- Lake_Kamyslybas,_Kazakhstan.png
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- Lake Kamyslybas, as seen from space.
- Lake.location
- Kyzylorda Region
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- Kazakhstan
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- endorheic lake
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- Kazakhstan
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- ca
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Kamyslybas (, Qamystybas) is a large saltwater lake in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It has an area of 176 km2, although the water level in the lake often fluctuates.
The health of lake Kamyslybas is directly affected by the Aral Sea, which experienced increasing salinization and desiccation as the result of excessive and unsustainable expansion of irrigation that have drained both the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, the other major tributary river, and seriously damaged their deltas. Similarly to attempts to rehabilitate and preserve the lower Amu Darya delta, efforts are also underway to improve lakes such as Kamyslybas and Tushchibas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Kamyslybas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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