Sasykkol

Sasykkol is a lake in the northern Kazakh lake country east of the southern Urals. The name means “foul-smelling lake” in Kazakh, and is shared by several waters across the steppe. A freshwater Sasykkol lies in the Karabalyk country, surrounded by the low, open landscape of northern Kazakhstan. Lakes and wetlands punctuate the grasslands of this interior, their extent varying with water supply.