Kiikkol Lake

Kiikkol, the “saiga lake”, is a freshwater lake in the Turgay depression north of Sarykopa. It lies in a shallow basin among the plains of the Kazakh steppe and can dry out as the water recedes. The lake is a nesting place for the sociable lapwing, a bird of the open steppe. Nearby lie other lake hollows that fill and shrink with the region's seasonal waters.