Taldykol (lake)

Taldykol (Kazakh: Талдыкөл is a lake in Bulandy District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

[1][2] The lake is located by Vorobyovka village, 87 km (54 mi) to the southwest of Makinsk, the district capital.

To the west there is a lobe joined to the main lake by a sound in the western shore.

The channel has a dam that was built in 1953, at the time of the Kazakh SSR, to regulate the water level.

The area surrounding Taldykol includes agricultural fields and patches of steppe vegetation.