Koshkarkol Lake

Koshkarkol lies between Sasykkol and Alakol in the Balkhash-Alakol basin. Its long, low shores are marshy, with clay, sand and gravel along the water. Sasykkol drains into Koshkarkol through the Zhinishkesu, and water continues towards Alakol. The lake forms part of a chain of wetlands amid the drier country below the Tarbagatai and Dzungarian Alatau ranges.