| Zhaltyrsor | |
| Other Name: | Жалтырсор |
| Coords: | 49.8775°N 64.9808°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
| Length: | 5.6km (03.5miles) |
| Width: | 3.4km (02.1miles) |
| Area: | 13.2km2 |
| Elevation: | 124.2m (407.5feet) |
| Cities: | Kabyrga |
Zhaltyrsor (kk|Жалтырсор) is a lake in Amangeldi District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.[1]
The lake is located 7km (04miles) to the ESE of Kabyrga village and 34km (21miles) to the southwest of Amangeldi, the district capital.
Zhaltyrsor is a exorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Turgay river basin. The lake lies at an elevation of 124m (407feet) within the floodplain of the Tenteksay (Тентексай), a tributary of the Turgay, and is connected to it during spring floods. Lake Katpagan lies 29km (18miles) to the southeast.[1]
Zhaltyrsor stretches for over 5km (03miles) in an east–west direction. The lake fills with snow and groundwater. It freezes at the end of November and thaws by the end of March. The shore is flat, with rocky and swampy stretches. In the summer the level of the lake sinks and it becomes a salt marsh.[2] [3]
The lake basin is surrounded by steppe vegetation and is used as a pasture for local cattle. the water becomes salty in the summer, but it can be used for watering livestock in the spring.[3]
