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Botakara
Botakara. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Botakara (Kazakh: Ботақара) is a lake in Bukhar-Zhyrau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the Nura basin.

Botakara village (formerly "Ulyanovsk") lies to the south close to the lakeshore. To the west lies a separate sector of the settlement, including the high school and a poultry farm.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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