| Shagan | |
|---|---|
| Шаған | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Shagan_2022-06-09-23_59_Sentinel-2_L2A.jpg) Sentinel-2 of lake Shagan (center), with the round nuclear pothole at the top and the reservoir formed in the floodplain of the Shagan (left) and Ashchysu (bottom) rivers. Lake Zhanan, a sor, in the upper right. | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Kazakhstan.png)  Shagan &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg) Shagan | |
| Coordinates | 49°56′7″N 79°0′30″E / 49.93528°N 79.00833°E |
| Primary inflows | Shagan and Ashchysu |
| Primary outflows | Shagan (until 1965) |
| Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
| Max. length | 0.45 km (0.28 mi) (pothole) |
| Max. width | 0.38 km (0.24 mi) (pothole) |
| Surface area | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Max. depth | ca 100 m (330 ft) |
| Water volume | 0.0191 cubic kilometers (0.0046 cu mi)[1] |
| Residence time | UTC+6 |
| Surface elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
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Shagan (Kazakh: Шаған) or Chagan (Russian: Чаган)[2] is a lake in Zhanasemey District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan.[3] Formed by a nuclear test explosion in 1965, it is part of the Balapan complex, one of the main tourist attractions of the Semipalatinsk Test Site.[4]
- ^ Ayunov, D. E.; et al. (July 2017). "Present thermal regime of Lake Atomic (Semipalatinsk test site)". Russian Geology and Geophysics. 58 (7): 864–867. Bibcode:2017RuGG...58..864A. doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2017.06.009.
- ^ Trip on lake Atomic
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site - Tourism