Kurgaldhzin Lake

Lake Kurgaldzhin lies in the broad Tengiz depression amid the dry steppe of central Kazakhstan. Its freshwater lakes and marshes are connected by winding channels to the larger, saltier Lake Tengiz to the west, and the Nura River feeds the system. Reeds fringe the wetlands, which provide feeding and resting grounds for vast numbers of migrating waterbirds, including flamingos, geese and other birds of the steppe lakes.