Karabalykty lake

Karabalykty is a lake in the southeast of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Located 35 kilometers north-east of the village of Askarovo, which is the administrative center of the Abzelilovsky district. Recognized as one of the largest reservoirs in the Bashkir Trans-Urals.

It belongs to the basin of the Small Kizil River and its water-dividing part. From the neighboring lake Sabakty is separated by a series of low hills.

The lake has a tectonic origin and has a saucer-like shape (paraboloid). The surface area of the water is 2.6 square kilometers, and the catchment area is 18.3.

Here clearly highlighted lake floodplain and floodplain terraces. The beaches are made of colorful sands and sand-gravel-pebble deposits. Karabalykta has no runoff. The fluctuation of the water level on average is about 1.3 meters. The water is fresh and clear.