Shelegino

Shelegino (Шелегино; Шелегино) is a lake in Magzhan Zhumabaev and Kyzylzhar districts, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. The border between the two districts runs across the lake from northwest to southeast.

Bulayevo, the district capital, is located 35 km to the southeast. The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies 3 km to the north of the lake. The water of the lake is used for drinking purposes. The banks are a pasture zone for local cattle.

Geography
Shelegino is an endorheic lake of the Ishim river basin. It lies at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The surface of the lake is 15.5 sqkm, increasing to 21.7 sqkm during floods. Lake Kamysty lies 30 km to the SSE and Tavolzhan only 10 km to the NNE on the other side of the border.

Shelegino is a drying lake. Its water level has dropped significantly in recent decades and currently there are only a few residual pools left. Most of the remaining surface of the lake is swampy. The lakeshore is flat and the bottom is smooth and clayey. The thickness of the silt layer varies between 0.1 m and 0.7 m. The water is soft and hardens at the end of summer with a mineralization varying between 0.3 g/l and 0.8 g/l.

Flora and fauna
Shelegino is surrounded by steppe and marshy areas, Reeds cover most of the shallow parts of the surface and sedges and willows grow near the shore. Few spots in the middle of the lake are not encumbered with aquatic vegetation. Migratory birds such as the greater flamingo visit the lake seasonally.