Kamysty (), also known as Kamyshlovo (), is a lake in Magzhan Zhumabayev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
Kamysty is located to the WSW of Bulayevo, the district capital. The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies to the east of the eastern end of the lake.
Geography Kamysty is an endorheic lake of the Ishim river basin. It lies at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain in the Kamyshlov Log, an alignment of disconnected lakes which is the bed of an ancient river. With a length of over Kamysty is the largest of the lakes in the tract between Petropavl city in Kazakhstan and Isilkul town in Russia. This stretch is roughly aligned from west to east with lake Polovinnoye to the west and Bolshoye Solenoye to the east of Kamysty.Google Earth
The lake is elongated from east to west. Its lakeshore is flat and the water is saline.Kazakhstan National encyclopedia / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty " Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998, Volume IX - ISBN 5-89800-123-9Озера Северного, Западного и Восточного Казахстана : (справочник) / П. П. Филонец, Т. Р. Омаров; ГУГМС при СМ СССР, КазНИГМИ, СГ АН КазССР. — Ленинград : Гидрометеоиздат, 1974. — pp. 23 & 27
Flora and fauna Kamysty is surrounded by steppe and clumps of pine forest. There are fish living in the lake waters.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links Hydrology and Limnology of Central Asia