Taldyaral (), is a lake in Akkayin District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
Taldyaral is located to the southeast of Smirnovo, the district capital.
Geography Taldyaral 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 ancient river Kamyshlov. With a length of over Taldyaral is the largest of the lakes in the tract between lake Ulken Torangyl and Petropavl city. This stretch is roughly aligned from southwest to northeast with lake Zholdyozek to the southwest and Ulken Zharma to the northeast of Taldyaral.Google Earth
The lake is elongated from northeast to southwest, with a narrower central part. 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 Taldyaral is surrounded by steppe. The waters of the lake are encumbered by aquatic vegetation.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
References
External links Hydrology and Limnology of Central Asia