Lake
Lake Balkhash
The 3rd longest of the 255 lakes measured in this atlas.
length 620 km · 3rd/255
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- ≈ 18,000 km²
- Computed from the Natural Earth 1:10m lake outline. The outline is generalized, so the value can differ from official surveys by a few per cent.
- Elevation
- 342 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 620 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 70 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Wikidata
- Q134485
Among the world's lakes
Each line is every one of the lakes in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Elevation342 m146th of 333 · median 278 m
- Length620 km3rd of 255 · median 66 km
- Width70 km25th of 221 · median 20 km
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