Kazy (; ) is a salt lake in Akkuly District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
Location
The lake is located to the south of Kazy village, to the northwest of Malybay, about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Akkuly, the district capital, lies to the southwest.
Geography
Kazy is part of the
Irtysh basin. It lies in a
tectonic depression of the
Kulunda Plain. Lake
Borli is located to the northwest, Kyzyltuz to the ESE, and
Seiten to the north.
The shape of the lake is roughly oval. Compared to neighboring lakes it is relatively deep and displays a bluish-green hue. The eastern and northwestern shores are flat and swampy, but the southern coast is rocky.[Google Earth]
Flora and fauna
Lake Kazy is surrounded by
steppe. The water is salty and has a high mineralization. It is not suitable for watering livestock.
See also
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List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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