Lake Zaysan (Russian: озеро Зайсан) is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² (700 mi²), in eastern Kazakhstan, in a hollow between the Altai and Tarbagatay Mountains. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Irtysh (Russian: ; Kazakh: Ertis / ÐртiÑ ; Tatar: Ä°rteÅŸ / Иртеш ; Chinese: Erqisi / é¢å°”é½æ–¯æ²³) a river in Siberia, the chief tributary of the river Ob. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Blowdown Lake in the mountains near Pemberton, British Columbia A lake (from Latin lacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ...
The lake lies at the altitude 420 m, is 105 km long and 22-48 km wide, with the maximum depth 15 m. Its major tributaries are the Kara-Irtysh (Black Irtysh) and Kendyrlyk from the east, its only outlet is the Irtysh River (or White Irtysh). Irtysh (Russian: ; Kazakh: Ertis / ÐртiÑ ; Tatar: Ä°rteÅŸ / Иртеш ; Chinese: Erqisi / é¢å°”é½æ–¯æ²³) a river in Siberia, the chief tributary of the river Ob. ...
It abounds in fish. The lake is generally frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April. Since the construction of the Bukhtarma dam the lake has risen 6 m (20 ft) above its natural level.
Lake Balkhash itself is a low-altitude water body, with a mix of coldwater and temperate water fish stocks.
Lake Balkhash and the Alakol lakes, the latter situated north of Dzhungarskiy Alatau and east of Lake Balkhash, represent isolated drainages.
Results of the introduction of lenok from Lake Markakol are difficult to evaluate as lenok was always present in the rivers entering the reservoir, but never occurred in the River Irtysh and in LakeZaysan which is now part of the reservoir.
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