Lake Kapchagay
Kapchagay Reservoir or Qapshaghai Reservoir, sometimes referred to as Lake Kapchagay, is a major reservoir in Almaty Region in southeastern Kazakhstan, approximately 80 km north of Almaty.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of 485 metres (1,591 feet)
- Description: reservoir in Kazakhstan
- Also known as“Kapchagay Reservoir”“Qapshagay Bögeni”“Qapshaghay Bogeni Reservoir”“Qapshaghay Su Qoymasy”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
43.80759° or 43° 48′ 27″ north
Longitude
77.53231° or 77° 31′ 56″ east
Open location code
8JMVRG5J+2W
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lake Kapchagay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كابشغاي”
- Belarusian: “Капчагайскае вадасховішча”
- Catalan: “embassament de Qapşağai”
- Cebuano: “Kapshagayskoye Vodokhranilishche”
- Chinese: “卡普恰盖水库”
- Chinese: “卡普恰蓋水庫”
- Chinese: “卡普恰蓋湖”
- Czech: “Kapčagajská přehrada”
- Estonian: “Kapšagaj veehoidla”
- Finnish: “Qapşağain tekojärvi”
- French: “Lac de Kapchagaï”
- German: “Kaptschagai-Stausee”
- Hungarian: “Kapsagáji-víztározó”
- Italian: “Lago di Kapchagay”
- Japanese: “カプチャガイ貯水池”
- Kazakh: “Qapshaghay Bögeni”
- Kazakh: “Қапшағай Бөгені”
- Kazakh: “Қапшағай су қоймасы”
- Lithuanian: “Kapčagajaus vandens saugykla”
- Lithuanian: “Kapšagajaus tvenkinys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapchagay-reservoar”
- Persian: “مخزن سد قپچاغای”
- Polish: “Zbiornik Kapszagajski”
- Romanian: “lacul Qapşağai”
- Russian: “Капчагайское водохранилище”
- Russian: “Капшагайское Водохранилище”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Kapchagay”
- Turkish: “Kapçagay Göleti”
- Ukrainian: “Капчагайське водосховище”
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