Menkeser

{{Short description|Lake in Kazakhstan}}

{{Infobox body of water

| name = Menkeser

| other_name = Меңкесер / Мәңгісор

| image = Menkeser 2023-04-20-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg

| caption = Sentinel-2 image of the lake

| image_bathymetry =

| caption_bathymetry =

| location = Ishim Plain
West Siberian Plain

| coords = {{coord|54|31|42|N|67|55|51|E|type:waterbody_region:KZ|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Kazakhstan

| type = endorheic

| inflow =

| outflow = none

| catchment = {{convert|38.04|sqkm|sp=us}}

| basin_countries = Kazakhstan

| length = {{convert|9.1|km|sp=us}}

| width = {{convert|6.1|km|sp=us}}

| area = {{convert|16.4|sqkm|sp=us}}

| depth = {{convert|0.4|m|sp=us}}

| max-depth = {{convert|0.7|m|sp=us}}

| volume = {{convert|0.0164|km3|sp=us}}

| residence_time = UTC+6

| shore = {{convert|25.1|km|sp=us}}

| elevation = {{convert|123.4|m|sp=us}}

| islands = one

| cities =

}}

Menkeser ({{langx|kk|Меңкесер}}; {{langx|ru|Мангисер}}) or Mangisor ({{langx|kk|Мәңгісор}}), also known as Bulandy ({{langx|kk|Бұланды}}), is a salt lake in Mamlyut 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|57|km|sp=us}} to the SW of Mamlyut, the district capital, and {{convert|83|km|sp=us}} to the SW of Petropavl city, the regional capital. Mengeser village lies {{convert|3|km|sp=us}} to the north and Troitskoye village {{convert|15|km|sp=us}} to the WSW of the western lakeshore.ATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5

==Geography==

Menkeser is an endorheic lake belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. It has an oval shape, with a bay in the eastern side with a small island between the landspits delimiting the bay. The shores are flat and the bottom of the lake is covered in greenish silt with a thickness between {{convert|0.3|m|sp=us}} and {{convert|0.85|m|sp=us}}.

The lake is surrounded by agricultural fields and pasture land. It is fed by rain and snow. Lake Alua lies {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} to the southeast, Stanovoye {{convert|30|km|sp=us}} to the northeast, and lake Filatovo {{convert|60|km|sp=us}} to the northwest, just beyond the Kazakhstan–Russia border.Google Earth

==See also==

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan