Barak Kol

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Barak Kol
Baraq Lake, Baraqköl, Barakol Lake, Barakkol Lake, Ozero Barakkol, Ozero Barak-Kul
Location of lake in Kazakhstan.
Location of lake in Kazakhstan.
Barak Kol
LocationUlytau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Coordinates49°18′43″N 67°16′33″E / 49.31194°N 67.27583°E / 49.31194; 67.27583Coordinates: 49°18′43″N 67°16′33″E / 49.31194°N 67.27583°E / 49.31194; 67.27583
Typelake
Max. length4 kilometres (4,000 m)
Max. width3.5 kilometres (3,500 m)

Barak Kol (Kazakh: Барақкөл, Baraqköl) or Baraq Lake (also Baraqköl, Barakol Lake, Barakkol Lake, Ozero Barakkol', Ozero Barak-Kul'[1]) is a lake in Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, of central Kazakhstan between the mountains Gora Akdongul and Gora Baygetobe.[2] 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]

Barak Kol is an important wetland for migrating geese, specifically Anser anser, the greylag goose, and Anser erythropus, the lesser white-fronted goose.[4] The lake is approximately 3.5 kilometres (3,500 m) wide and 4 kilometres (4,000 m) long. The lake is freshwater with reeds growing along the margins. It lies in a shallow valley pinching out to the north and opening out to the south with low hills to the northeast and northwest.[5]

It is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk.

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ United States Board on Geographic Names (1959). U.S.S.R. and certain neighboring areas; official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Gazetteer, no. 42. Washington, D.C.: Office of Geography. p. 240.
  2. ^ "Ozero Barakkol', Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan". Traveling Luck.
  3. ^ Biran, Michael (1997). Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia. Surrey, England: Curzon Press. ISBN 978-0-7007-0631-0.
  4. ^ "Bird areas: Ashchykol and Barakkol Lakes IBA". Global Species. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: KZ061: Ashchykol and Barakkol Lakes". BirdLife International.

Further reading[]

  • Sklyarenko, Sergeĭ Lʹvovich; Welch, G. R. & Brombacher, Michael (2008). Important Bird Areas in Kazakhstan: Priority sites for conservation. Almaty: Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK). ISBN 978-9965-32-686-8.


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