Karakaska
Karakaska is a salt lake in the Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the southwest of Aktogay, the district capital. The area surrounding the lake is used for livestock grazing.
Geography
Karakaska is an endorheic lake of the Ishim Plain, at the southern end of the West Siberian Plain. It is part of the Irtysh river basin. The lake lies at an elevation of. The Irtysh flows to the northeast of the lake.Karakaska has a roughly triangular shape. Most of the shore is flat and low, but stretches of the northern and southern parts are rocky, with to high cliffs. The lake usually dries in the summer, turning pink before drying out.
There are a number of other lakes in its vicinity, such as Taikonyr to the east, Shyganak to the west, Zhalauly to the WNW, Sholaksor to the southwest, and Zhamantuz to the NNE. to the southwest lies a cluster of four smaller lakes: Karkaraly, Koybagar, Bastuz and an unnamed one.