Balkhash

American  

[bal-kash, bahl-kahsh, buhl-khahsh] / bælˈkæʃ, bɑlˈkɑʃ, bʌlˈxɑʃ /

Also Lake Balqash

noun

1. Lake Balkhash, a salt lake in southeastern Kazakhstan. About 7,115 sq. mi. (18,430 sq. km).

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Balkhash British  

/ balˈxaʃ /

noun

1. a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

In Balkhash, another of Karaganda region's monogorods, this means reducing dependence on the Kazakhmys copper smelter that looms by the shore of the half-freshwater, half-saline lake.

From Reuters • Jun. 24, 2012

So has Kounrad, where the mining of extensive copper deposits around Lake Balkhash has begun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just before his departure, Aviation Week reported that the Russians are developing a new mobile anti-ballistic missile system on Lake Balkhash near the Sino-Soviet border.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still farther east, to the north of the Thian-Shan Mountains, and fed by the Ili and other streams, is Lake Balkhash, also without an outlet and very salt.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

This is the case, for instance, in the Caspian sea, the Aral and Balkhash lakes, the Tarim basin, the Sahara, inner Australia, the great basin of the United States and the Titicaca basin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various