Arys Lake

Lake Arys occupies a low, enclosed basin on the eastern edge of the Aryskum sands. Its salt water can disappear in the summer, leaving the lake bed exposed. Some fifteen kilometres to the west, an escarpment rises above the lower plain and separates it from a plateau. The surrounding Aryskum lies between the Aral Karakum sands and the Betpak-Dala.