Kalibek (; )Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица) is a bittern salt lake in Taiynsha District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
Taiynsha town, the administrative center of the district, lies to the west of the lake.
Geography Kalibek lies in the southern part of the Ishim Plain, southwest of the Russian border. It is an endorheic lake located in a depression between Shaglyteniz to the west and Kishi-Karoy to the east. Alabota lake lies to the ESE.The Origin of the Depression Lake SystemsGoogle Earth Kalibek is fed mainly by snow and rain. The lake bottom is clayey and its shores are low and gently-sloping. Its surface greatly decreases after the spring floods.Калибек; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
A number of intermittent small streams flow into the lakeshore, the two main ones from the southwest. Ushsay, a small, narrow lake located in the northeast, is connected to Kalibek by a channel. Formerly there was exploitation of salt for commercial purposes at the lake.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF SALINE LAKES IN THE NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНАЯ НАЦИЯ В ФОКУСЕ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ (in Russian)