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{{Infobox lake
| name = Tengiz Lake
| native_name = Теңіз көлі
| image = Tengiz and Korgaljinski Lakes, Kazakhstan.jpg
| caption = 2008
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| coords = {{coord|50|26|23|N|68|54|0|E|type:waterbody_region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[salt lake (geography)|Salt lake]]
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| basin_countries = Kazakhstan
| length =
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| area = {{convert|1,382|km2|abbr=on}}
| depth = {{convert|2.5|m|abbr=on}}
| max-depth = {{convert|6.7|m|abbr=on}}
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'''Tengiz Lake''' ({{lang-kz|Теңіз көлі}}; {{lang-ru|Тенгиз}}<ref>''[[:kk:Теңіз|Tengiz]]'', ''[[wikt:dengiz|dengiz]]'', ''[[wikt:deniz|deniz]]'', etc. means "sea" in [[Turkic languages]]</ref>) is a [[salt lake (geography)|saline lake]] in north-central part of [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>[http://www.worldlakes.org/lakedetails.asp?lakeid=9755 "Tengiz"], a LakeNet profile</ref>

Lake Tengiz is an important wetland site for [[birds]]. It is a part of a [[Ramsar site|Ramsar wetland site of international importance]], the Tengiz-Korgalzhyn Lake System. 318 species of birds have been recorded at Lake Tengiz, 22 of which are endangered.<ref>[http://www.globalnature.org/12694/LIVING-LAKES/Asia/Tengiz-Lake/02_vorlage.asp?addhilite=Tengiz "Tengiz Lake and Korgaljinski Lakes"]</ref> The lake is part of the [[Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve]], for which it was nominated in 2008 together with the [[Naurzum Nature Reserve]] as the first natural [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage site]] in Kazakhstan ([[Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan]]).

On October 16, 1976, the [[USSR|Soviet]] space ship [[Soyuz 23]] unintentionally splashed down into the northern part of the lake, which was frozen, crashing through the ice. The crew was saved thanks to a very difficult but successful rescue operation.<ref>[http://www.astronautix.com/flights/soyuz23.htm ''Encyclopedia Astronautica'', ''Soyuz 23'']</ref>
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File:Tengiz lake, Kazakhstan, near natural colors satellite image LandSat-5, 1998-09-15.jpg|Tengiz Lake with a relative high level (1998-09-15).
File:Tengiz lake, Kazakhstan, near natural colors satellite image LandSat-5, 2011-09-03.jpg|Tengiz Lake with a relative low level (2011-09-03), north-east part and lake margins dried up.
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== References ==
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{{portal bar|USSR|Kazakhstan|Water|Geography|Environment}}
{{Lakes of Kazakhstan}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tengiz}}
[[Category:Lakes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Saline lakes]]

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