{{Short description|Lake in Kazakhstan}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Karaungir | other_name = Қараүңгір | image = Karaungir 2022-10-24-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A True color.jpg | caption = Sentinel-2 picture of the lake in late October | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Kazakh Uplands | coords = {{coord|52|50|22|N|69|40|59|E|type:waterbody_region:RU|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Kazakhstan | type = brackish lake | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Kazakhstan | length = {{convert|4.2|km|sp=us}} | width = {{convert|3.3|km|sp=us}} | area = {{convert|10.3|km2|sp=us}} | depth = {{convert|1.8|m|sp=us}} | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = UTC+5:00 | shore = | elevation = {{convert|361|m|sp=us}} | islands = no | cities = }} '''Karaungir''' ({{langx|kk|Қараүңгір}}) is a brackish lake in Zerendi and Burabay districts, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.<ref name="STM">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-42.jpg|title=N-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date= 30 October 2024}}</ref>
The village of Dorogovka lies {{convert|4.2|km|sp=us}} to the west, and Obaly (until 2019 — Pervomayskoye) {{convert|4.5|km|sp=us}} to the south.<ref name="GЕ"/><ref name="STM"/> There is a leisure center on the southeastern lakeshore.<ref>[https://sxodim.com/astana/place/ozero-karaungir Природные места — Соленое озеро Караунгир]</ref>
==Geography== Karaungir is located in the Kokshetau Mountains, Kazakh Uplands, and is part of the Irtysh basin. It lies at an elevation of {{convert|361|m|sp=us}}. The lake has a roughly rectangular shape oriented in a north–south direction. There is a bay in the eastern shore enclosed by two landspits. The shores are surrounded by elevated terrain and they are regular and gently sloping.<ref name="STM"/>
Among the lakes in Karaungir's vicinity, Kumdykol lies {{convert|11|km|sp=us}} to the east, Zhamantuz {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} to the north, Urymkay {{convert|26|km|sp=us}} to the southeast, Zerendi {{convert|35|km|sp=us}} to the WNW, and Aydabol {{convert|33|km|sp=us}} to the WSW.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref><ref name="KЕ">''Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia'' / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5</ref>
==Flora and fauna== Karaungir is surrounded by mountain steppe vegetation and patches of forest. The water is slightly saline, but it can be used for watering cattle in the spring after the melting of the snow. The salinity increases in the summer, especially in years of drought.<ref name="KЕ"/>
==See also== *Kokshetau Lakes *List of lakes of Kazakhstan
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan}}
Category:Lakes of Akmola Region Category:Kazakh Uplands