Botkul
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Botkul (; ) is a bittern salt lake in the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
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- Body of water.area
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- Body of water.name
- Botkul
- Body of water.other_name
- Боткуль / Боткөл
- Body of water.image
- Botkul lake.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- Panorama of the lake
- Body of water.image_bathymetry
- Botkul -ISS059-E-111484.jpg
- Body of water.caption_bathymetry
- ISS picture of the lake in 2019
- Body of water.location
- Caspian Lowland
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Russia Volgograd Oblast#Kazakhstan
- Body of water.type
- endorheic
- Body of water.inflow
- Solyonaya
- Body of water.basin_countries
- RussiaKazakhstan
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Botkul (; ) is a bittern salt lake in the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
There is no salt mining at the lake. Its waters have a bitter, stinging taste and a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide. The authorities are exploring the potential of developing Botkul as a tourist attraction.
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Russia
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Kazakhstan
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Russian
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Caspian Sea
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Volga
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geographic coordinate system
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Kazakh
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Aral Sea
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International Space Station
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Volgograd Oblast
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drainage basin
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Google Earth
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Lake Balkhash
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body of water
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Alexander Prokhorov
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hydrogen sulfide
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West Kazakhstan Region
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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endorheic basin
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Lake Zaysan
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