Balkash, city, Kazakhstan

Balkash (bäl-käsh`), city (1989 pop. 86,609), in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash Balkash, lake, 6,562 sq mi (16,996 sq km), c.350 mi (560 km) long, maximum width c.45 mi (70 km), in E Kazakhstan. The lake, which has an average depth of 20 ft (6 m), stretches from the Kazakh Hills in the northeast to desert steppes in the southwest.
..... Click the link for more information. . A railroad terminus and port, it has fish processing and copper-smelting industries. Balkash was founded as Bertys in 1929 and was renamed in 1936.

Balkash, lake, Kazakhstan

Balkash, lake, 6,562 sq mi (16,996 sq km), c.350 mi (560 km) long, maximum width c.45 mi (70 km), in E Kazakhstan. The lake, which has an average depth of 20 ft (6 m), stretches from the Kazakh Hills in the northeast to desert steppes in the southwest. The eastern half of the lake is saline; the western half, separated from the eastern section by a sandbar and fed by the Ili River, is fresh. Lake Balkash, which has no outlet, is slowly shrinking from evaporation and reduced inflows from its tributaries. There are valuable copper deposits along the northern shore, and the city of Balkash Balkash , city (1989 pop. 86,609), in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash. A railroad terminus and port, it has fish processing and copper-smelting industries. Balkash was founded as Bertys in 1929 and was renamed in 1936.
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fluuiatilis 6 AF045358 Balkash Perca schrenkii 1 AF546120 perch P.

Yellow (Perca flavescens) and Eurasian (P. fluviatilis) perch ... by Strange, Rex M.; Stepien, Carol A. / Fishery Bulletin

Astana is planning to have a new nuclear power station built near Lake Balkash, with three units of 640 MW each scheduled to be operational by 2012.

KAZAKHSTAN - The Power Sector by APS Review Downstream Trends

The people inhabit an area between the Caspian Sea to the west to Lake Balkash in the east, north of the Syr Darya River and south of the Siberian lowlands.

Kazakhstan. (Feature Articles) by Ospanov, Zhalgas A. / DISAM Journal