GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CURRENT HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITION OF LAKE ZHASYLKOL

Abstract

The study of Lake Zhasylkol was conducted in the summer of 2021, as part of the project «Development of passports of small lakes of Kazakhstan» on the instructions of the Committee on Water Resources of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources. The study is due to the fact that no such comprehensive research has been conducted so far. The relevance of these works is confirmed by the need for information on the assessment of the country's water resources, the increasing interest of both regional authorities, as well as in connection with the growth of tourist demand. The paper presents the first data on the chemical composition of lake water. Freshwater lake (the sum of ions 137 mg/l), of the bicarbonate class, of the calcium group, of the second type.