Kishi Torangyl
Кіші Тораңғыл
Sentinel-2 image of the lake
Kishi Torangyl
Location	Kazakh Uplands
Coordinates	53°42′30″N 67°47′55″E / 53.70833°N 67.79861°E / 53.70833; 67.79861
Type	endorheic
Primary outflows	none
Catchment area	970 square kilometers (370 sq mi)
Basin countries	Kazakhstan
Max. length	6.4 kilometers (4.0 mi)
Max. width	5 kilometers (3.1 mi)
Surface area	25.5 square kilometers (9.8 sq mi)
Max. depth	4.9 meters (16 ft)
Water volume	0.0089 cubic kilometers (0.0021 cu mi)
Residence time	UTC+6
Shore length1	18.4 kilometers (11.4 mi)
Surface elevation	179.2 meters (588 ft)
Islands	none
Settlements	Novopokrovka and Beloglinka
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kishi Torangyl (Kazakh: Кіші Тораңғыл; Russian: Малый Тарангул) is a brackish lake in Shal akyn District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.^[1][2]

The lake is located 25 kilometers (16 mi) to the southeast of Sergeyev town, the administrative center of the district. Novopokrovka lies by the northwestern lakeshore and Beloglinka close to the southern end.^[3]

Kishi Torangyl is an endorheic lake belonging to the Ishim River basin. It is located at the northern edge of the Kazakh Uplands. There is a small bay in the southern part of the eastern shore. The lake bottom is flat and is covered by a 0.1 meters (3.9 in) to 0.3 meters (1 ft 0 in) thick layer of silt.^[4]

The lake is largely surrounded by agricultural fields. The Sergeyev Dam lies 25 kilometers (16 mi) to the west.^[3][4]

There are many types of algae and nineteen species of fish in the waters of Kishi Torangyl. The lake is important for local fisheries.^[4]

• List of lakes of Kazakhstan

• Saline lakes of Northern Kazakhstan: Geochemical correlations of elements and controls on their accumulation in water and bottom sediments

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