Turgay Depression
Торғай қолатый Тургайская ложбина | |
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 Sarykopa, one of the main lakes of the basin | |
  Turgay Depression Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′N 64°45′E / 52.667°N 64.750°E | |
| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Part of | Aktobe Region, Kostanay Region |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 800 km (500 mi) |
| • Width | 25 km (16 mi) to 300 km (190 mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) to 125 m (410 ft) |
The Turgay Depression,[1] also known as Turgay Basin,[2] Turgay Trough,[3] and Turgay Hollow[4] (Kazakh: Торғай қолатый; Russian: Тургайская ложбина), is a structural basin in Kazakhstan.[5][6]
The depression is named after the Turgay River, which flows southwards along a stretch of the trough.[7][6] The Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the southern sector of the basin.[8]
- ^ Rudmin, Maxim; Kalinina, Natalia; Banerjee, Santanu; Reva, Igor; Kondrashova, Elena; Kanaki, Alexey; Trubin, Yaroslav; Baldermann, Andre; Mazurov, Alexey (November 2021). "Origin of Oligocene channel ironstones of Lisakovsk deposit (Turgay depression, northern Kazakhstan)". Ore Geology Reviews. 138. Bibcode:2021OGRv..13804391R. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104391.
- ^ Outlook for the development of underground gasification of coal in the Turgay Basin
- ^ Gorodetskaya, M. Ye. (1972). "The Geomorphology of the Turgay Trough in Connection with the Problem of Diverting the Water of West Siberian Rivers to Central Asia". Soviet Geography. 13 (9): 629–642. doi:10.1080/00385417.1972.10770371.
- ^ Kumkeshu sand dunes
- ^ Тургайская ложбина; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
- ^ a b Google Earth
- ^ Tectonic units and division of the South Turgay Basin.
- ^ "Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 21 August 2022.