Chatyr-Kul edit
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Lake Chatyr-Kul
Coordinates 40°37′N 75°18′E / 40.617, 75.3Coordinates: 40°37′N 75°18′E / 40.617, 75.3
Lake type Endorheic
Mountain lake
Primary inflows Glaciers
Primary outflows Evaporation
Basin countries Kyrgyzstan
Surface area 181 km²
Max. depth 16 m
Water volume 0.62 km³
Shore length1 58 km
Surface elevation 3,500 m
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Chatyr-Kul (also Chatyr Köl, Chatyrkol, Kyrgyz: Чатыркөл) is an endorheic alpine lake in the Tian Shan mountains in Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan; it lies in the Ak Say valley(a high plateau where yaks graze in the summer) near the Torugart Pass border crossing into China. The name of the lake means “Celestial Lake” in Kyrgyz. It is part of the Chatyr-Kul Zoological Preserve.

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