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Ak-gel Lake

Description

It is located in the south-eastern part of the city in the Gear Village microdistrict, 1 km from the shore of the Caspian Sea. It has a lagoon origin and a rounded-square shape. The maximum depth is about 4 meters. It was formed by alluviation of the sand spit that separated it from the Caspian Sea. In the middle of the XX century, as a result of lowering the level of the Caspian Sea, the lake dried up and was subsequently restored by filling with waters from the October Revolution Canal.