Kurgaldzhin (lake)

Kurgaldzhin - a lake in the central part of Kazakhstan , is part of the Tengiz-Kurgaldzhin system of lakes . The lake is located at the bottom of the large Tengiz-Kurgaldzhin depression at an altitude of 308 m. The northern (up to 4-6 m high) and eastern shores are steep, western and southern are gentle, with characteristic reed vegetation. The bottom is flat, clay, covered with gray or black silt . Snow food. The Nura River flows into Kurgaldzhin and in the high-water period (spring) water from Kurgaldzhin along the river. Nura is dumped into Lake Tengiz . Mineralization of water varies in different parts: near the mouth of the Nura River, the water is fresh, in the remaining parts of the lake it is brackish.

Lake
Kurgaldzhin
kaz. Қорғалжын
Morphometry
Absolute height	308 m
Area	330 km²
Coastline	187 km
Deepest	2 m
Average depth	1.6 m
Swimming pool
Flowing river	Nura
Flowing river	Nura
Location
A country	Kazakhstan
Region	Akmola region
Area	Korgalzhyn district
Kurgaldzhin
Kurgaldzhin

There are about 40 islands on the lake, the largest of them are Aral-Tyube, Kokpekty and Zhar-Tyube. Floating islands are also found, noisy colonies of gulls , terns are arranged on them, ducks and grebes nest.

The lake is rich in fish ( crucian carp , mirror carp , pike , tench , ide , perch , etc.).

Lake Kurgaldzhin is part of the Korgalzhyn reserve . The reserve was created to preserve the nesting of pink flamingos .

In 1976, the Tengiz-Kurgaldzhin system of lakes was included in the list of wetlands of international importance covered by the Ramsar Convention ^[1] .