Terekti

The Terekti country lies east of the Ural, close to the broad saline waters of Lake Shalkar. Streams descending through the steppe feed the lake's shallow basin, whose shores alternate between mud and salt-bearing ground. The surrounding grasslands formed part of the pastoral country of western Kazakhstan. In years of high water, the lake drains toward the Ural basin; in drier seasons its brackish waters remain enclosed amid the open plain.