Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
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Summary
Lake Balkhash is an endorheic lake[1]. It draws 3,788 Wikipedia views per month (endorheic lake category, ranking #10 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kazakhstan[3]
- Instance of: lake[4]
- Inflows: Ili River[5], Aksu River[6], Ajaguz River[7], Karatal River[8], Lepsy River[9]
- Outflows: evaporation[10]
- Basin country: Kazakhstan[11]
- Commons category: Lake Balkhash[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Balkhash[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- Different from: Lake Baikal[19]
- Length: 620 km[20]
- Elevation above sea level: 342 m[21]
- Area: 18,200 km²[22], 18,740 km²[23]
- Width: 70 km[24]
- Watershed area: 501,000 km²[25], 428,340 km²[26]
- Volume as quantity: 106,000 cubic hectometre[27]
- Perimeter: 2385 km[28]
- Residence time of water: 6.8 years[29]
- Vertical depth: 25 m[30], 6 m[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
- P14399: 1324000001[33]
- P14541: 3NgWBc[34]
Why It Matters
Lake Balkhash has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]