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Also known as: Lake Alaköl, Ozero Ala-Kul, Ozero Ala-Kul, Ozero Alakol

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Russian:

Ozero Alakol

Also spelled:

Ozero Ala-Kul

Lake Alakol, salt lake in Kazakhstan, 110 miles (180 km) east of Lake Balqash, near the border with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Lake Alakol has a drainage basin of about 26,500 square miles (68,700 square km). The lake covers an area of 1,025 square miles, reaches a depth of about 148 feet (45 metres), and receives the Urdzhar River (north).

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Zeidan.