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   June 13, 2022 - Lake Balkhash   
      
      Lake Balkhash   
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      The milky-blue waters of Lake Balkhash stand in stark contrast to the   
      tans and browns of the arid land surrounding the massive lake. Sitting   
      in southeastern Kazakhstan, the crescent-shaped Lake Balkhash spans   
      about 400 miles (644 km) from east to west, and covers an area of   
      roughly 6,600 square miles (17,000 square km), making it the   
      fifteenth-largest lake on Earth, by surface area. More than 35,000   
      years old, Lake Balkhash receives water from seven rivers, but has no   
      outflow. The largest river is the Ili River, which rises in the   
      snow-covered Tian-Shan mountains, cuts across northwestern China to   
      form a massive delta on the southeastern shore of the western section   
      of Lake Balkhash.   
      
      Water in the western part of the lake is almost fresh—suitable for   
      drinking and industrial uses—whereas the eastern side of the basin is   
      brackish to salty. The western side is also murkier; visibility/light   
      penetrates to about 1 meter, compared to more than 5 meters on the   
      eastern side. This murkiness, and the water’s milky blue color, is   
      primarily due to sediments suspended in the water. The sediment is both   
      carried it from the Ili and other rivers and stirred up from the bottom   
      by action of winds on the surface of the shallow lake.   
      
      On June 12, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      Lake Balkhash. The immense Ili River Delta appears as an expanse of   
      dark water and braided channels in the west, while the Karatal River   
      forms a smaller delta in the eastern section of Lake Balkhash.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/7/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (532.5 KB),  500m (1.4 MB),  250m (3.2 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-13   
       
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