Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan is one lake with two different waters that never mix: the western half is fresh, fed by the Ili River, while the eastern half is salty — split by a narrow 3.5 km strait, with no outlet at all. It stretches about 600 kilometres and ranks among the largest lakes in Asia.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica (Lake Balkhash); NASA Earth Observatory; Kazakhstan Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Oct 2026 level update).
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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica (Lake Balkhash); NASA Earth Observatory; Kazakhstan Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Oct 2026 level update).
From Earth Untold — one impossible map fact every day.
#shorts #usa #EarthUntold #geography #kazakhstan #lakes #worldrecords
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