Zhanshura

Zhanshura is a shallow lake in the northern Turgay depression, part of the Koibagar and Tyuntyugur wetland group. Its water level varies with the amount of spring runoff reaching the basin. Reeds grow across the shallows, and when the lake fills, cranes and other waterbirds use its waters and shores. The lake is one of a chain of wetlands scattered across the open northern Kazakh steppe.