Ulken Tobylzhan

Ulken Tobylzhan is a salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the northeast of Pavlodar town and south of Uspenka, the district capital. There is commercial extraction of salt from Ulken Tobylzhan and Maly Tobylzhan, the two largest lakes of the group. Part of the salt is exported to the Western Siberia region.

Geography

Lake Ulken Tobylzhan is an elongated lake, part of a circular lake cluster located in the Kulunda Steppe, southern end of the West Siberian Plain. It lies west of the Kazakhstan–Russia border. The group of lakes is flat and has a diameter of roughly. It is surrounded by cultivated fields.
Located in the southern half, Ulken Tobylzhan is the largest of the lakes in the cluster. Tobylzhan village lies near the southern lakeshore. The A17 Highway skirts the lake from the south and turns northeast and north, crossing the lake zone. Ulken Tobylzhan is followed by only slightly smaller Kishi Tobylzhan located to the north of its NW end. There are a number of smaller lakes, as well as salt marshes in the Tobylzhan cluster.
Lake Maraldy lies to the south, Ulken Azhbolat to the north, and Bolshoye Yarovoye to the ENE of the lake cluster.