Английская Википедия:Barak Kol (lake)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox body of water Barakkol[1] (Шаблон:Lang-kk, Baraqköl) is a lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, central Kazakhstan.[2]

Barakkol is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk. Köl is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[3]

Geography

Barakkol is a freshwater lake of the Turgay Depression. It is approximately Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert long. Lake Ashchykol lies Шаблон:Convert to the ESE. The lake is located between the Gora Akdongul and Gora Baygetobe mountains in a shallow valley narrowing out to the north and open to the south with low hills to the northeast and northwest.[1]

Flora and fauna

The lake has reeds growing along the shores. Together with lake Ashchykol to the ESE, Barakkol is an important wetland for migrating geese, specifically Anser anser, the greylag goose, and Anser erythropus, the lesser white-fronted goose.[1]

Notes and references

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Further reading

Шаблон:Lakes of Kazakhstan

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