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The '''Lake Issyk''' also known as '''Issyk Lake''' ({{lang-kz|Есік көлі}}) is a [[lake]] in [[Kazakhstan]] fed by the [[Issyk River]]. It should not be confused with the [[Issyk Kul|Issyk-Kul Lake]] in neighboring [[Kyrgyzstan]].

The lake is mostly famous for the way it was created (as a result of an ancient natural landslide damming a valley), destroyed (another natural landslide destroying that dam in 1963, with a subsequent [[flood]] damaging the city of [[Esik]]), and re-created (with human help).

==External links==
*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1249222 Panoramio - Photo of Lake Issyk]
*[http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/28515599.jpg At the top of the mountain, the view of Lake Issyk below and the surrounding mountains]

{{Lakes of Kazakhstan}}

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[[Category:Lakes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Landslide-dammed lakes]]


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