Issyk-Kul (Lake)

Japanese: イシク･クル[湖]（英語表記）Issyk‐Kul’

This lake is located in a rift valley at an altitude of 1,609m in the Tian Shan Mountains in the northeastern part of the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia. There are many rivers flowing into the lake, but no outflowing rivers. It has an area of 6,280 km2, an average depth of 279m, a maximum depth of 702m, a water volume of 1,730 ^km3 , and a salinity of 0.6%. The water temperature is just over 20°C in summer and close to 3°C in winter, so it does not freeze. Issyk-Kul means "hot lake" in Kyrgyz. There are health resorts such as Aksu on the lake shore, and many tombs of ancient nomadic peoples such as the Saka people. [Ono Kikuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中央アジアのキルギス共和国北東部，天山山脈中の標高1609mの地溝帯にある湖。多数の流入河川があるが，流出河川はない。面積6280km2，平均深度279m，最深702m，水量1730km³，塩分0.6％。夏は水温20℃余，冬は3℃近くで結氷しない。イシク･クルはキルギス語で〈熱い湖〉の意。湖岸にはアクスなどの保養地があり，またサカ族など古代遊牧民の墳墓も多い。【小野菊雄】

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