Chagan (lake, Kulunda Steppe)

For other meanings, see Chagan.

Chagan
Чаган / Шаған
Sentinel-2 image.
Chagan Show map of Novosibirsk Oblast Chagan Show map of Kazakhstan
Location	Kulunda Plain
Coordinates	53°27′41″N 77°36′24″E
Type	Endorheic
Basin countries	Kazakhstan Russia
Max. length	4.6 kilometers (2.9 mi)
Max. width	3.1 kilometers (1.9 mi)
Surface area	8.4 square kilometers (3.2 sq mi)
Residence time	UTC+5 & UTC+7
Surface elevation	101 meters (331 ft)
Islands	none
Settlements	Bogatyr

Chagan (Russian: Чаган; Kazakh: Шаған) is a salt lake in Karasuksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia,^[1] with a small part in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.^[2]

Lake Chagan is located at the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Bogatyr town lies by the southwestern shore, in the Kazakh side, and now abandoned Pervomaysky village by the southeastern shore, in the Russian side. The latter was abolished in 2011.^[3]

Geography

The lake lies in the northern part of the Kulunda Plain. The Kazakhstan–Russia border runs diagonally off the shore from northwest to southeast across the southwestern side. Most of the lake is within Russian territory.^[4][2]

Lake Chagan has a roughly square shape, with one large bay in the northeast and a smaller one in the northern shore.^[2][4][5]

Lake Kalininskoye lies 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) to the northeast, Studyonoye 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the north, Ulken Azhbolat 17 kilometers (11 mi) to the southwest, and Bolshoye Topolnoye 22 kilometers (14 mi) to the southeast.^[4]

See also

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan
• List of lakes of Russia

References

1. Об утверждении перечня рыбохозяйственных водоемов местного значения Павлодарской области
2. "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 August 2024.
3. "ЗАКОН НОВОСИБИРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ от 07 июля 2011 года N 102-ОЗ Об упразднении поселка Первомайский муниципального образования Октябрьского сельсовета Карасукского района Новосибирской области и о внесении изменений в законы Новосибирской области, устанавливающие границы муниципальных образований Новосибирской области". Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
4. Google Earth
5. Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty " Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 ISBN 5-89800-123-9, Volume VI

External links

• Media related to Chagan (lake, Kulunda Steppe) at Wikimedia Commons
• Успен ауданының жерлерді бөлу нобайын бекіту туралы
• Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region