Katpagan () is a salt lake in Amangeldi District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake is located to the south of Amangeldi, the district capital. The area is quite desolate, with few settlements.

Geography Katpagan is an endorheic lake of the Turgay Depression and is part of the Uly-Zhylanshyk river basin. The lake lies at an elevation of surrounded by numerous small lakes. The Uly-Zhylanshyk flows about to the southwest of the southern shore. Smaller lake Kishi Katpagan lies to the south and Zhaltyrsor to the northwest.

Katpagan has a roughly semicircular shape, stretching for over in an east–west direction. The lake fills with snow and groundwater. It freezes at the end of November and thaws by the end of March. Katpagan partly dries in the summer, the shores becoming a salt marsh as the water recedes.Google EarthNature of Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

Flora and fauna Typha and Phragmites reeds grow by the shore of Katpagan. The lake basin is surrounded by steppe vegetation.

See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan

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