Alua (lake)
{{Short description|Salt lake in Kazakhstan}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name = Alua
| other_name = Алуа
| image = Alua 2023-05-05-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
| caption = Sentinel-2 image of the lake
| image_bathymetry =
| caption_bathymetry =
| location = Ishim Plain
| coords = {{coord|54|23|24|N|68|16|31|E|type:waterbody_region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Kazakhstan
| type = endorheic
| inflow =
| outflow = none
| catchment =
| basin_countries = Kazakhstan
| length = {{convert|4.4|km|sp=us}}
| width = {{convert|2.7|km|sp=us}}
| area = {{convert|7.7|sqkm|sp=us}}
| depth =
| max-depth =
| volume =
| residence_time = UTC+6
| shore = {{convert|11.8|km|sp=us}}
| elevation = {{convert|117.5|m|sp=us}}
| islands = none
| cities = Yavlenka
}}
Alua ({{langx|kk|Алуа}}; {{langx|ru|Алва}}) is a salt lake in Esil District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-42.jpg|title=N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=18 January 2024}}[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326783739_Lakes_in_the_Central_Kazakhstan Lakes in the Central Kazakhstan]
The lake is located {{convert|8|km|sp=us}} to the NW of Yavlenka town, the administrative center of the district. Small Amangeldi village lies {{convert|3|km|sp=us}} to the southeast of the eastern lakeshore.
Legend
"Alua" is an ethnic Kazakh girl's name. According to local folklore, a young man named Zharylkamys fell in love with a girl named Alua and decided to marry her even though their clans adamantly opposed the union. Eventually the lovers ran away and hid in a thicket by the eastern lakeside, but Zharylkamys was found and killed by the clansmen chasing them. Seeing her lover dead, Alua committed suicide. Following the tragic outcome the lovers were buried at that same spot and as years went by the lake was named after the girl. This legend was collected by Sabit Mukanov in his autobiographical trilogy School of life.ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5[http://collegy.ucoz.ru/publ/28-1-0-11984 Любовь к родной стране невозможна без любви к природе]
==Geography==
Alua is an endorheic lake belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain. The shores are flat and the bottom of the lake is muddy.
The lake is surrounded by agricultural fields and pasture land. It is fed by rain and snow. Lake Menkeser lies {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} to the NW and Stanovoye {{convert|35|km|sp=us}} to the north.Google Earth
==Flora and fauna==
Some stretches of the lakeshore are overgrown with reeds. The mute swan is one of the bird species sighted at the lake.[https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12535947?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec Top hotspots - Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblysy, Kazakhstan]
==See also==
References
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External links
- [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883292719301386 Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments]
- [https://kz.birds.watch/v2photo.php?l=ru&s=023300508&n=1 Лебедь-шипун Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) Mute Swan | Сыбырлақ аққу]
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan}}
Category:Lakes of North Kazakhstan Region
Category:Endorheic lakes of Asia
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