Issyk-Kul

E45080

endorheic lake lake mountain lake saline lake

Issyk-Kul is a large, deep, and saline mountain lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan, renowned as one of the world’s largest high-altitude lakes and a major natural landmark of Central Asia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Issyk-Kul	10
Issyk-Kul Lake	4
Issyk-Kul canonical	2
Issyk-Kul Basin	1
Issyk-Kul basin	1
Lake Issyk-Kul basin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endorheic lake ⓘ lake ⓘ mountain lake ⓘ saline lake ⓘ
basinCountry	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
country	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
freezesInWinter	false ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	approximately 278 meters ⓘ
hasClimateInfluenceOn	Issyk-Kul Region ⓘ
hasInflow	Jyrgalan River ⓘ Tüp River ⓘ numerous small mountain streams ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 182 kilometers ⓘ
hasMajorResortTown	Cholpon-Ata ⓘ
hasMajorTown	Balykchy ⓘ Karakol ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	approximately 668 meters ⓘ
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSites	true ⓘ
hasNearbyMountainRange	Kungey Alatau ⓘ Terskey Alatau ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	does not freeze despite high altitude ⓘ
hasOutflow	none ⓘ
hasRamsarStatus	true ⓘ
hasSalinity	about 0.6 percent ⓘ
hasSubmergedArchaeologicalRemains	true ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea	approximately 6,200 square kilometers ⓘ
hasSurfaceElevation	approximately 1,607 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasUNESCOBiosphereReserveStatus	true ⓘ
hasWaterType	saline ⓘ
hasWidth	up to about 60 kilometers ⓘ
isAmongLargestHighAltitudeLakes	true ⓘ
isEndorheic	true ⓘ
isImportantFor	migratory waterbirds ⓘ
isMajorNaturalLandmarkOf	Central Asia ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
isMajorTouristDestinationIn	Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
isOneOfLargestLakesByArea	true ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Issyk-Kul Region ⓘ
locatedInSubregion	Central Asia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
nameLanguage	Kyrgyz ⓘ
nameMeaning	warm lake ⓘ
partOf	Issyk-Kul self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Issyk-Kul Basin
recognizedAsImportantBirdArea	true ⓘ
surroundedBy	Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tian Shan mountains
usedFor	fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Asia → hasMajorLake → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

Kyrgyzstan → majorLake → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

Issyk-Kul → partOf → Issyk-Kul self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Issyk-Kul Basin

Issyk-Kul Region → contains → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Issyk-Kul Lake

Issyk-Kul Region → namedAfter → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Issyk-Kul Lake

Issyk-Kul Region → hasAttraction → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Issyk-Kul Lake

Issyk-Kul Region → hasBodyOfWater → Issyk-Kul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Issyk-Kul Lake

Balykchy → locatedOn → Issyk-Kul ⓘ