Tuz (Akkuly District)

Tuz (Тұз; Туз) is a salt lake in Akkuly District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.

The lake is located about 60 km west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. Akkuly, the district capital, lies 60 km to the WNW. The border of Abai Region stretches close to the southern lakeshore.

Geography
Tuz is an endorheic lake part of the Irtysh basin. It lies in a tectonic depression at the southern end of the Kulunda Plain. Lake Shoshkaly stretches 2.6 km to the southeast, Sharbakty 24 km to the WNW, Malybay 34 km to the NNW, Sormoildy 35 km to the ENE, and lake Tengizsor 10 km to the south. River Irtysh flows 40 km to the west.

The lake has a slightly elongated shape oriented in a roughly southeast–northwest direction. It doesn't dry out in the summer and doesn't freeze in the winter. Tosagash village lies 1 km from the eastern lakeshore. The M38 Highway from the Border of Russia to Pavlodar and Semey (Semipalatinsk), passes 6 km to the southwest of the lake.

Flora and fauna
Lake Tuz is surrounded by steppe vegetation.