Itemgen
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Itemgen ( ; ) is a salt lake in Akkol District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. Itemgen is considered a "dead lake" by local people. The town of Stepnogorsk lies about to the east and Zhalgyzkaragay village (former Priozernoye) to the southeast. The abandoned village of Itemgen is located by the northern lakeshore.
Itemgen ( ; ) is a salt lake in Akkol District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. Itemgen is considered a "dead lake" by local people. The town of Stepnogorsk lies about to the east and Zhalgyzkaragay village (former Priozernoye) to the southeast. The abandoned village of Itemgen is located by the northern lakeshore.
Geography
Itemgen is an endorheic lake of the Ishim river basin. It lies at the northern end of the Kazakh Uplands in a tectonic basin at an elevation of . The bottom of the lake is flat and muddy. long river Aksuat flows into the lake from the south. The lakeshore is flat in the east and south, but the western banks are steep. Among the lakes in its vicinity, Shoshkaly lies to the west and Mamay to the north. Itemgen has an elongated shape oriented in a roughly south–north direction, with the wide southern part tapering towards the north. On average years the highest level is in April and the lowest in September.
Flora and fauna
Lake Itemgen is surrounded by agricultural fields and steppe vegetation. There are muskrats living by the lake.
See also
List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
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