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The Sarygamysh Lake, also Sarykamysh or Sary-Kamysh ((トルクメン語:Sarygamyş köli), (ウズベク語:''Sariqamish ko‘li''), (ロシア語:Сарыкамы́шское озеро)), Turkmen for "Yellow Depression", is a lake situated in central north Turkmenistan. It is geographically located approximately midway between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. Approximately the northwest quarter of the lake belongs to the country of Uzbekistan, while the rest belongs to Turkmenistan. Lake Sarygamysh was fed, up to the 17th century, by the Uzboy River, a distributary of the Amu Darya River, which continued on to the Caspian Sea. Today, it is largely fed by the run-off water from surrounding irrigated lands, containing high levels of pesticides, herbicides and heavy metals. The name of the lake comes from Turkmen ''sarykamysh'' 'reed.'〔E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskiye nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow, 1998), p. 369.〕 The Turkmen section of the lake and the land around it is protected by the Sarygamyş Sanctuary. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarygamysh Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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