Lake name |
Surface area |
Region |
Notes |
Caspian Sea |
371,000 square kilometres (143,244 sq mi) |
Atyrau Region, Mangystau Region |
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest enclosed body of water. |
Alakol |
2,650 square kilometres (1,023 sq mi) |
Almaty Region |
Bird breeding and nesting ground |
Aral |
17,160 square kilometres (6,626 sq mi) |
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Shrinking owing to environmental problems[1] |
Aralsor |
200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) |
West Kazakhstan Region |
Pink lake |
Ashchykol |
74 square kilometres (29 sq mi) |
Kyzylorda Region / Turkistan Region |
Main lake of the Ashchykol Depression |
Ayke |
64.7 square kilometres (25 sq mi) |
Aktobe Region |
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Azhibeksor |
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SW of Lake Tengiz[2] |
Balkhash |
16,996 square kilometres (6,562 sq mi) |
Almaty Region, Karagandy Region, Jambyl Region |
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Balyktykol |
9.2 square kilometres (4 sq mi) |
Abai Region |
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Bartogay |
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Almaty Region |
Reservoir on the Chilik River |
Bolshoy Azhbulat |
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Pavlodar Region |
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Chagan |
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Artificial lake (Former nuclear test site) |
Issyk |
0.22 square kilometres (0 sq mi) |
Almaty Region |
Not to be confused with Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan |
Jasybay |
4 square kilometres (2 sq mi) |
Pavlodar Region |
One of the lakes of the Bayanaul Range |
Karasor |
154 square kilometres (59 sq mi) |
Karaganda Region |
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Kayindi |
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Almaty Region |
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Kamyslybas |
176 square kilometres (68 sq mi) |
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Kapchagay |
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also spelled Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir |
Koksengirsor |
46.3 square kilometres (18 sq mi) |
North Kazakhstan Region |
Has local economic importance |
Kopa |
14 square kilometres (5 sq mi) |
Akmola Region |
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Markakol |
455 square kilometres (176 sq mi) |
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Sasykkol |
600 square kilometres (232 sq mi) |
Almaty Region |
Surface can reach 736 square kilometres (284 sq mi) |
Shalkarteniz |
1,800 square kilometres (695 sq mi) |
Aktobe Region |
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Shureksor |
80 square kilometres (31 sq mi) |
Pavlodar Region |
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Tengiz |
1,382 square kilometres (534 sq mi) |
Akmola Region |
Bird breeding and nesting ground |
Toraigyr |
0.88 square kilometres (0 sq mi) |
Pavlodar Region |
One of the lakes of the Bayanaul Range |
Tuzkol |
13.5 square kilometres (5 sq mi) |
Pavlodar Region |
Salt lake in Bayanaul District |
Ulken-Karoy |
305 square kilometres (118 sq mi) |
North Kazakhstan Region |
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Zaysan |
1,810 square kilometres (699 sq mi) |
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Zerenda |
11.9 square kilometres (5 sq mi) |
Akmola Region |
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Zhaksykylysh |
74.5 square kilometres (29 sq mi) |
Kyzylorda Region |
Table salt mining site |
Zhasylkol |
1 square kilometre (0 sq mi) |
Almaty Region |
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