Zhaltyrsor


Zhaltyrsor is a lake in Amangeldi District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake is located to the ESE of Kabyrga village and to the southwest of Amangeldi, the district capital.

Geography

Zhaltyrsor is a exorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Turgay river basin. The lake lies at an elevation of within the floodplain of the Tenteksay, a tributary of the Turgay, and is connected to it during spring floods. Lake Katpagan lies to the southeast.
Zhaltyrsor stretches for over in an east–west direction. The lake fills with snow and groundwater. It freezes at the end of November and thaws by the end of March. The shore is flat, with rocky and swampy stretches. In the summer the level of the lake sinks and it becomes a salt marsh.

Flora and fauna

The lake basin is surrounded by steppe vegetation and is used as a pasture for local cattle. The water becomes salty in the summer, but it can be used for watering and livestock in the spring.