Kishi Shabakty Explained

Kishi Shabakty
Other Name:Кіші Шабақты
Coords:53.0667°N 78°W
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Length:13.6km (08.5miles)
Width:2.7km (01.7miles)
Area:16.8sqkm
Depth:4.68m (15.35feet)
Max-Depth:15.5m (50.9feet)
Volume:0.0799km3
Shore:29.2km (18.1miles)
Elevation:395m (1,296feet)

Kishi Shabakty (Kazakh: Кіші Шабақты; Russian: Малое Чебачье, Maloye Chebachye —"Small Chebachye") is a lake in Burabay District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.[1]

The lake is part of the Burabay National Park, a protected area.[2]

Geography

Kishi Shabakty lies in the eastern sector of the Kokshetau Lakes, at the northwestern edge of the Kokshetau Massif. Its shape is elongated, stretching roughly from NE to SW for over 13.6km (08.5miles). The water of the lake is slightly saline.[3]

A mountain range rises above the southeastern shores of Kishi Shabakty. Lake Ulken Shabakty lies 2.5km (01.6miles) to the ENE of the northeastern end and Burabay spa town 7km (04miles) to the east.[4] [1]

Flora and fauna

Among the fish species living in the lake the native species are crucian carp, Prussian carp, perch, pike and roach. Bream, zander, ripus, peled and muksun have been introduced.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian). 29 October 2022.
  2. Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia Vol. III / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
  3. Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty, "Kazakh encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 ISBN 5-89800-123-9, Volume IX
  4. [Google Earth]
  5. https://ihe.kz/ru/trudy-ige/27-condition-of-marine-life-of-reservoirs-of-nationwide-protected-natural-reservation-of-north-and-central-kazakhstan Состояние гидробионтов водоемов особо охраняемых природных территорий республиканского значения северного и центрального Казахстана