Barakkol | |
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Барақкөл | |
![]() Lakes Barakkol (left) and Ashchykol (right) Sentinel-2 image | |
Location | Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan |
Coordinates | 49°18′43″N 67°16′33″E / 49.31194°N 67.27583°E |
Type | lake |
Max. length | 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) |
Max. width | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
Surface area | 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) |
Average depth | 2.9 metres (9 ft 6 in) |
Barakkol[1] (Kazakh: Барақкөл, Baraqköl) is a lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, central Kazakhstan.[2]
Barakkol is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk. Köl is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[3]
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