Issyk-Kul
Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in the world, the tenth-biggest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area) and the third-biggest saline lake. Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language. This is because even though the area it is in gets very cold during winter, the salinity of the lake makes it rarely freeze.[4][5]
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| Coordinates | 42°25′N 77°15′E / 42.417°N 77.250°ECoordinates: 42°25′N 77°15′E / 42.417°N 77.250°E |
| Primary inflows | Glaciers |
| Primary outflows | Evaporation |
| Catchment area | 15,844 square kilometres (6,117 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Kyrgyzstan |
| Max. length | 178 kilometres (111 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | 60.1 kilometres (37.3 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 6,236 square kilometres (2,408 sq mi)[1] |
| Average depth | 278.4 metres (913 ft)[1] |
| Max. depth | 668 metres (2,192 ft)[1][2] |
| Water volume | 1,736 cubic kilometres (416 cu mi)[3][2] |
| Residence time | ~330 years[2] |
| Shore length1 | 669 kilometres (416 mi)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 1,607 metres (5,272 ft)[1] |
| Settlements | Balykchy, Cholpon-Ata, Karakol |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The lake is a Ramsar site of globally significant biodiversity.[6] It is also part of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Reserve.
Issyk-Kul Media
Issyk kul Lake
Cropped image of the 1375 Catalan Atlas depicting the lake (North on the top). The inscription says: "The place is named Ysicol. In this place is a monastery of Armenian brothers, which say, in here is Matthew the apostle and evangelist"
Issyk kul Lake mountains
Issyk-Kul at sundown (August 2002)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Savvaitova, K.. Lake Issyk-Kul, Kirgizia. International Journal of Salt Lake Research 1 (2) (December 1992). p. 21–46. doi:10.1007/BF02904361.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hofer, Markus. Rapid deep-water renewal in Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) indicated by transient tracers. Limnology and Oceanography 4 (47) (11 July 2002). p. 1210–1216. doi:10.4319/lo.2002.47.4.1210.
- ↑ Kodayev, G.V.. Морфометрия озера Иссык-Куль (in ru). News of the All-Union Geographic Society (Izvestiya VGO) (1973).
- ↑ Nihoul, Jacques C.J.. Dying and Dead Seas Climatic Versus Anthropic Causes (2012)Springer Science+Business Media. p. 21. ISBN 9789400709676. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ Extreme cold weather freezes Issyk-Kul lake | Copernicus. www.copernicus.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ↑ Ramsar Site RDB Code 2KG001
