Barak Kol (lake)

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| other_name = Барақкөл

| image = Barakkol 2018-08-09-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg

| caption = Lakes Barakkol (left) and Ashchykol (right) Sentinel-2 image

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| location = Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan

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Barakkol ({{langx|kk|Барақкөл}}, Baraqköl) is a lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, central Kazakhstan.{{Cite web|title=Ozero Barakkol', Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan |publisher=Traveling Luck |url=http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Kazakhstan/Qaraghandy/_1525764_Ozero+Barakkol'.html}}

Barakkol is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk.

Köl is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.{{Cite book|author=Biran, Michael |year=1997 |title=Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia |location=Surrey, England |publisher=Curzon Press |isbn=978-0-7007-0631-0}}

Geography

Barakkol is a freshwater lake of the Turgay Depression. It is approximately {{convert|3.5|km|m}} wide and {{convert|4|km|m}} long. Lake Ashchykol lies {{convert|15|km|}} to the ESE. The lake is located between the Gora Akdongul and Gora Baygetobe mountains in a shallow valley narrowing out to the north and open to the south with low hills to the northeast and northwest.

Flora and fauna

The lake has reeds growing along the shores. Together with lake Ashchykol to the ESE, Barakkol is an important wetland for migrating geese, specifically Anser anser, the greylag goose, and Anser erythropus, the lesser white-fronted goose.{{Cite web|title=Ashchykol and Barakkol Lakes |publisher=BirdLife Data Zone|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ashchykol-and-barakkol-lakes-iba-kazakhstan }}

Barak Kol (lake)

Geography

Flora and fauna

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