Lake Zhalanashkol
Kazakhstan · Asia
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Lake Zhalanashkol (Kazakh: Жалаңашкөл, literally "Bare Lake", or "Exposed Lake"; Russian: Жаланашколь) is a freshwater lake in the eastern part of Kazakhstan, on the border of Almaty Province (Alakol District) and East Kazakhstan Province (Urzhar District). It is the smallest out of the four major lakes of the Alakol depression (the other three being the Alakol, Sasykkol, and Koshkarkol). It is also the southernmost of the four, the one closest to the Dzungarian Gate and the Aibi Lake on the other, Chinese, side of the Gate.
On the maps compiled in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Zhalanashkol is labeled Taskol (literally "Stone Lake"); this name is now obsolete.
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