| Menkeser | |
| Other Name: | Меңкесер / Мәңгісор |
| Coords: | 54.5283°N 67.9308°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
| Outflow: | none |
| Catchment: | 38.04sqkm |
| Length: | 9.1km (05.7miles) |
| Width: | 6.1km (03.8miles) |
| Area: | 16.4sqkm |
| Depth: | 0.4m (01.3feet) |
| Max-Depth: | 0.7m (02.3feet) |
| Volume: | 0.0164km3 |
| Shore: | 25.1km (15.6miles) |
| Elevation: | 123.4m (404.9feet) |
| Islands: | one |
Menkeser (Kazakh: Меңкесер; Russian: Мангисер) or Mangisor (Kazakh: Мәңгісор), also known as Bulandy (Kazakh: Бұланды), is a salt lake in Mamlyut District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[1] [2]
The lake is located 57km (35miles) to the SW of Mamlyut, the district capital, and 83km (52miles) to the SW of Petropavl city, the regional capital. Mengeser village lies 3km (02miles) to the north and Troitskoye village 15km (09miles) to the WSW of the western lakeshore.[3]
Menkeser is an endorheic lake belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. It has an oval shape, with a bay in the eastern side with a small island between the landspits delimiting the bay. The shores are flat and the bottom of the lake is covered in greenish silt with a thickness between 0.3m (01feet) and 0.85m (02.79feet).[3]
The lake is surrounded by agricultural fields and pasture land. It is fed by rain and snow. Lake Alua lies 20km (10miles) to the southeast, Stanovoye 30km (20miles) to the northeast, and lake Filatovo 60km (40miles) to the northwest, just beyond the Kazakhstan–Russia border.[4] [1]
