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Shoshkaly (Abai Region)

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Shoshkaly (Abai Region)
Shoshkaly (Abai Region). Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Shoshkaly (Kazakh: Шошқалы; Russian: Шошкалы) is a salt lake in Beskaragay District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake is about 55 kilometers (34 mi) west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Tosagash village is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) to the north, Begen 18 kilometers (11 mi) to the ESE and Beskaragay, the district capital, 62 kilometers (39 mi) to the southeast. The border of Pavlodar Region stretches close to the northern lakeshore.

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

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