Taikonyr
Taikonyr is a salt lake in the Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the SSW of Aktogay, the district capital, and to the west of Zhanatap village. Taikonyr has economic importance, there is commercial extraction of salt at the lake. Part of the salt is exported to the Russian Federation.
Geography
Taikonyr 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.Taikonyr is roughly hourglass shaped. Its shore is flat with some parts cut by ravines. The lake dries in the summer, turning pink before drying out.
Zhalpaksor, its nearest neighbor, lies only to the west. During spring floods its water overflows into Taikonyr through a shallow channel. There are a number of other lakes in the vicinity, such as Karakaska to the west, Shureksor to the south, and Zhamantuz to the northwest.