Maraldy (lake)

Maraldy or Maraldi is a salt lake in Sharbakty and Pavlodar districts, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the east of Pavlodar town, about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The A18 highway passes to the north of the lake.

Geography

Maraldy is part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression of the Kulunda Plain, to the southwest of lake Bolshoye Yarovoye, located on the other side of the border. Lake Ulken Tobylzhan lies to the NNW, Seiten to the SSE, Kalatuz to the SSW, and Bura to the northeast, at the Russia-Kazakhstan border.
The lakeshore is generally flat and gently sloping, only in the southeast there are cliffs rising steeply from the surface. The water of the lake is saline with a mineralization of. The mud of the lake is used locally for medicinal purposes.

Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by steppe vegetation. Despite its high salinity, Maraldy is not a dead lake. There are small Artemia crustaceans living in its waters.