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Shalkarteniz (; ) is a salt lake in the Yrgyz District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.

Key facts

Body of water.name
Shalkarteniz
Body of water.other_name
Шалқартеңіз / Шалкартениз
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Shalkarteniz 2018-04-04-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A True color.jpg
Body of water.caption
Sentinel-2 image of the lake in April 2018.
Body of water.location
Turgay Basin
Body of water.pushpin_map
Kazakhstan
Body of water.type
endorheic
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TurgayZhyngyldyozekTegene
Body of water.basin_countries
Kazakhstan

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Shalkarteniz (; ) is a salt lake in the Yrgyz District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.

Shalkarteniz lies in the northeastern sector of the Turan Depression, northwest of the city of Aralsk. It is part of the Kazakh semi-desert ecoregion. There are no towns in the immediate vicinity. The nearest settlement is Zhaisanbai village, located to the west.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shalkarteniz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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