Kalkaman (lake)

Kalkaman
Kalkaman
Қалқаман
	Sentinel-2 image of the lakes
	Kalkaman
Location	Aksu City Administration
Coordinates	52°02′02″N 76°32′58″E / 52.03389°N 76.54944°E
Type	endorheic
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	4.9 kilometers (3.0 mi)
Max. width	3.6 kilometers (2.2 mi)
Surface area	12.6 square kilometers (4.9 sq mi)
Average depth	0.6 meters (2 ft 0 in)
Max. depth	0.8 meters (2 ft 7 in)
Residence time	UTC+6
Shore length1	16.6 kilometers (10.3 mi)
Surface elevation	108.6 meters (356 ft)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kalkaman (Kazakh: Қалқаман), also known as Kalkamantuz (Kazakh: Қалқамантұз), are two salt lakes in the Aksu City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.^[1]^[2]

The Kalkaman lakes are located 22 kilometers (14 mi) to the WSW of Aksu City and 33 kilometers (21 mi) to the ENE of Kalkaman village. The nearest village is Pogranichnik 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the NW. Yevgenyevka lies 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) to the ESE.^[3]

There is commercial extraction of salt from the lakes. Some of the salt is exported to Western Siberia.^[4]

^ "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
^ Cite error: The named reference GЕ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Месторождения соли в РФ и странах СНГ — Павлодарское месторождение соли

[STM-1] "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[KE-2] ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

[GЕ-3] Cite error: The named reference GЕ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Месторождения соли в РФ и странах СНГ — Павлодарское месторождение соли

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