List of lakes of Kazakhstan

Excluding the northernmost districts, Kazakhstan consists of endorheic basins, where rivers flow into one of the numerous lakes. The most important drainage system is known as Yedisu, meaning "seven rivers" in Turkic languages. Below is a list of the more important lakes, some of which are shared with the neighbouring countries.

Lake name	Surface area	Region	Notes
Caspian Sea		Atyrau Region, Mangystau Region	The Caspian Sea is the world's largest enclosed body of water.
Alakol		Almaty Region	Bird breeding and nesting ground
Aral			Shrinking owing to environmental problems
Aralsor		West Kazakhstan Region	Pink lake
Ashchykol		Kyzylorda Region / Turkistan Region	Main lake of the Ashchykol Depression
Ayke		Aktobe Region
Azhibeksor			SW of Lake Tengiz
Balkhash		Almaty Region, Karagandy Region, Jambyl Region
Balyktykol		Abai Region
Bartogay		Almaty Region	Reservoir on the Chilik River
Bolshoy Azhbulat		Pavlodar Region
Chagan			Artificial lake
Issyk		Almaty Region	Not to be confused with Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan
Jasybay		Pavlodar Region	One of the lakes of the Bayanaul Range
Karasor		Karaganda Region
Kayindi		Almaty Region
Kamyslybas
Kapchagay			also spelled Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir
Koksengirsor		North Kazakhstan Region	Has local economic importance
Kopa		Akmola Region
Markakol
Sasykkol		Almaty Region	Surface can reach
Shalkarteniz		Aktobe Region
Shureksor		Pavlodar Region
Tengiz		Akmola Region	Bird breeding and nesting ground
Toraigyr		Pavlodar Region	One of the lakes of the Bayanaul Range
Tuzkol		Pavlodar Region	Salt lake in Bayanaul District
Ulken-Karoy		North Kazakhstan Region
Zaysan
Zerenda		Akmola Region
Zhaksykylysh		Kyzylorda Region	Table salt mining site
Zhasylkol		Almaty Region