Siverga
Lake in Kazakhstan and Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siverga (Kazakh: Сиверга; Russian: Сиверга , is a salt lake in Kyzylzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan and Berdyuzhye and Kazan districts of Tyumen Oblast, Russian Federation.[1]
Siverga | |
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Сиверга | |
Location | Ishim Plain West Siberian Plain |
Coordinates | 55°24′21″N 68°43′44″E |
Type | endorheic |
Basin countries | Russian Federation & Kazakhstan |
Max. length | 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) |
Max. width | 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) |
Surface area | 53 square kilometers (20 sq mi) |
Residence time | UTC+6 |
Shore length1 | 53 kilometers (33 mi) |
Surface elevation | 118 meters (387 ft) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The lake is located 45 kilometers (28 mi) to the southeast of Berdyuzhye and 32 kilometers (20 mi) to the southwest of Kazanskoye, the district capitals in Russia, and 43 kilometers (27 mi) to the NNW of Petropavl city, the regional capital in Kazakhstan. Polovinnoye village lies 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) to the west of the western shore and Novoalexandrovka 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) to the southeast of the eastern shore. Siverga is located at the Kazakhstan–Russia border, with most of the lake in Russia and only a small sector of the southern end in Kazakhstan.[2]