Taikonyr | |
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Тайқоңыр | |
Location | Ishim Plain |
Coordinates | 52°41′42″N 75°41′09″E / 52.69500°N 75.68583°E |
Type | endorheic lake |
Catchment area | 117 square kilometers (45 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
Max. length | 6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi) |
Max. width | 3.7 kilometers (2.3 mi) |
Surface area | 14.9 square kilometers (5.8 sq mi) |
Residence time | UTC+6:00 |
Shore length1 | 20.2 kilometers (12.6 mi) |
Surface elevation | 87 meters (285 ft) |
Islands | no |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Taikonyr (Kazakh: Тайқоңыр; Russian: Тайконур) is a salt lake in the Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.[1]
The lake lies 37 kilometers (23 mi) to the SSW of Aktogay, the district capital, and 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the west of Zhanatap village.[2][3] Taikonyr has economic importance, there is commercial extraction of salt at the lake. Part of the salt is exported to the Russian Federation.[4]
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