Toraigyr

Toraigyr
Торайғыр
Panorama of the lake
Toraigyr is located in Kazakhstan
Toraigyr
Toraigyr
LocationBayanaul Range
Coordinates50°52′N 75°39′E / 50.867°N 75.650°E / 50.867; 75.650
TypeTectonic
Catchment area12.9 square kilometers (5.0 sq mi)
Basin countriesKazakhstan
Max. length1.8 kilometers (1.1 mi)
Max. width0.6 kilometers (0.37 mi)
Surface area0.88 square kilometers (0.34 sq mi)
Average depth6 meters (20 ft)
Max. depth11 meters (36 ft)
Shore length15 kilometers (3.1 mi)
Surface elevation345 meters (1,132 ft)
SettlementsBayanaul
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Toraigyr (Kazakh: Торайғыр) is a lake in Bayanaul District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.[1][2]

Toraigyr falls within the perimeter of the Bayanaul National Park, a protected area.[3] The lake is one of the places in Kazakhstan named after Kazakh poet Sultanmahmut Toraygirov.[4]

  1. ^ "M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ Toraigyr lake in Bayanaul
  4. ^ Kazakhstan National encyclopedia, Volume VIII; Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty "Kazakh encyclopedia" General editor, 1998. ISBN 5-89800-123-9