See also:

• BALKASH, or BALKHASH (called by the Kirghiz Ak-denghiz or Ala-denghiz and by the Chinese Si-hai)

BALKASH, or BALKHASH (called by the See also:

• KIRGHIZ

Kirghiz Ak-denghiz or See also:

• ALA

Ala-denghiz and by the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese Si-See also:

• HAI (939-1038)

hai)  , a See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• KIRGHIZ

Kirghiz See also:

• STEPPES

steppes, between the governments of See also:

• SEMIPALATINSK

Semipalatinsk and See also:

• SEMIRYECHENSK

Semiryechensk, in 450 to 470 N. and 730 30' to 79° E., about 600 m. to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Lake See also:

• ARAL

Aral . It is See also:

• FOURTH

fourth in See also:

• SIZE

size of the lakes in Eurasia, having an See also:

• AREA

area of 7115 sq. m., and lies at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of goo ft . It has the shape of a broad See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent, about 430 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long from W.S.W. to E.N.E., having its See also:

• CONCAVE

concave See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side turned southwards; its width varies from 36 to 53 M . Its See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• SHORE

shore is bordered by a dreary See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, known as the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

Famine See also:

• STEPPE (from the Russ. stepi, a waste)

Steppe (See also:

• BEK, ANTONY (d. 1311)

Bek-pak-dala) . The See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east shore, on the contrary, is See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, and bears traces of having extended formerly as far as the Sasyk-kul and the See also:

• ALA

Ala-kul . The Kirghiz in 1903 declared that its See also:

• SURFACE

surface had been rising steadily during the preceding ten years, though See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to that it was dropping . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief feeder of the lake is the See also:

• ILI

Ili, which rises in the Khantengri See also:

• GROUP

group of the Tian-shan Mountains . The Karatal, the See also:

• AKSU (White Water)

Aksu and the Lepsa also enter from the south-east, and the Ayaguz from the north-east . The first three See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers make their way with difficulty through the sands and reeds, which at a quite See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time were covered by the lake . Although it has no outlet, its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters are relatively fresh . It freezes generally from See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November to See also:

• APRIL

April . Its greatest See also:

• DEPTH

depth, 35 ft., is along the north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west shore .

The See also:

• FAUNA

fauna of the lake and of its tributaries —explored by Nikolsky—is more akin to the fauna of the rivers of the See also:

• TARIM

Tarim See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin than to that of the Aral; it also does not contain the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FROG

frog . It seems, therefore, probable that Lake See also:

• BALKASH, or BALKHASH (called by the Kirghiz Ak-denghiz or Ala-denghiz and by the Chinese Si-hai)

Balkash stood formerly in communication through lakes Ebi-nor and Ayar (Telli-nor) with the lake that formerly filled the Lukchun depression (in 891° E. long. and 422° N. See also:

• LAT

lat.), but researches show that a connexion with Lake Aral—at least in recent times—was improbable . The lake has been investigated by L . S . See also:

• BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

Berg (see Petermanns Mitteilungen, 1903) .