Tyuntyugur | |
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Тімтуір / Тюнтюгур | |
Location | Turgay Basin |
Coordinates | 52°41′N 65°50′E / 52.683°N 65.833°E |
Type | endorheic |
Primary inflows | Tyuntyugur |
Primary outflows | none |
Catchment area | 3,570 square kilometers (1,380 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Kazakhstan |
Max. length | 9.5 kilometers (5.9 mi) |
Max. width | 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) |
Surface area | 54.3 square kilometers (21.0 sq mi) |
Average depth | 1.6 meters (5 ft 3 in) |
Max. depth | 3 meters (9.8 ft) |
Water volume | 0.08 cubic kilometers (0.019 cu mi) |
Shore length1 | 27.4 kilometers (17.0 mi) |
Surface elevation | 203 meters (666 ft) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Tyuntyugur (Kazakh: Тімтуір; Russian: Тюнтюгур) is a lake in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.[1]
Tyuntyugur is a steppe lake of the central sector of the Turgay Basin in Karasu District, Kostanay Region. By the northern shore lies the small village of Tyuntyugur and the administrative center of the district, Karasu village, is located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) to the west of the western lakeshore.[2] Tyuntyugur is part of the Koibagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System, a 58,000 hectares (140,000 acres) Ramsar site, since 2009.[2][3][1]