Dengizkul Lake

Dengizkul is a shallow, saline lake in a closed depression south of the Bukhara oasis. Its name means “sea lake”, and the tenth-century geographer Ibn Hawqal marked a body of water in this country as the Sea of Bukhara. The shoreline changes as the amount of water varies, and salt deposits lie on the lake bed. Reeds and desert vegetation border the water, providing habitat for waterbirds amid the surrounding dry lowlands.