| Sarygamysh Lake | |
|---|---|
 December 2001 | |
  Sarygamysh Lake  Sarygamysh Lake | |
| Coordinates | 42°00′N 57°20′E / 42.000°N 57.333°E |
| Basin countries | Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
| Max. length | 125 km (78 mi) |
| Max. width | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Surface area | 3,955 km2 (1,527 sq mi)[1] |
| Average depth | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Max. depth | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Water volume | 68.56 km3 (55,580,000 acre⋅ft)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
The Sarygamysh Lake, also Sarykamysh or Sary-Kamysh (Turkmen: Sarygamyş köli, Uzbek: Sariqamish ko‘li, Karakalpak: Sarıqamıs kóli, Russian: Сарыкамы́шское озеро), is a lake in Central Asia. It is about midway between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. It is the largest lake in Turkmenistan,[2] in which three quarters of the entire lake's area is located (a quarter of the area falls on Uzbekistan[3]). The Sarykamysh basin and the Sarykamysh delta of the Amu Darya river are physical and geographical nature regions of the Dashoguz Region of Turkmenistan.[4]
Up until the 17th century, the lake was fed by the Uzboy River, a distributary of the Amu Darya River, which continued on to the Caspian Sea. Today, its main source of water is a canal from the Amu Darya but also the runoff water from surrounding irrigated lands, containing high levels of pesticides, herbicides and heavy metals.
- ^ a b Orlovsky, Leah; Matsrafi, Offir; Orlovsky, Nikolai; Kouznetsov, Michael (2014). "Sarykamysh Lake: Collector of Drainage Water – the Past, the Present, and the Future". The Turkmen Lake Altyn Asyr and Water Resources in Turkmenistan. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Vol. 28. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. pp. 107–140. doi:10.1007/698_2012_191. ISBN 978-3-642-38606-0.
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- ^ "Велаяты Туркменистана/Академия наук Туркменистана". science.gov.tm. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-18.