Teke (lake)

Teke
Teke
Теке
	Sentinel-2 image of the lake in 2020
	Teke
Location	Ishim Plain; West Siberian Plain
Coordinates	53°50′N 72°56′E / 53.833°N 72.933°E
Type	endorheic
Primary inflows	Taldysay and Tleusai
Catchment area	4,240 square kilometers (1,640 sq mi)
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	33 kilometers (21 mi)
Max. width	20 kilometers (12 mi)
Surface area	265 square kilometers (102 sq mi)
Average depth	0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in)
Max. depth	1 meter (3 ft 3 in)
Surface elevation	29 meters (95 ft)

Teke (Kazakh: Теке; Russian: Теке) is a bittern salt lake in Ualikhanov District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.^[1]^[2]

The lake lies 36 kilometers (22 mi) to the north of the northern end of larger Siletiteniz lake. 40 kilometers (25 mi) to the west lies lake Ulken-Karoy.^[3] There are periodic deposits of salt on its shores, with extraction taking place in the summer. The salt of the lake contains magnesium chloride.^[4]

^ "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan
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^ Magnesium chloride in the salt lakes of northern Kazakhstan

[STMa-1] "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[2] Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan

[GЕ-3] Cite error: The named reference GЕ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Magnesium chloride in the salt lakes of northern Kazakhstan

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