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favourite inland sea/big lake?
black sea
lake baikal
lake victoria
lake malawi
caspian sea
aral sea
lake tanganyika
north american great lakes
lake chad
lake balkash
issyk kul
other
Favorite inland sea/big lake?
Black Sea
Lake Baikal
Lake Victoria
Lake Malawi
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Lake Tanganyika
North American Great Lakes
Lake Chad
Lake Balkhash
Issyk Kul
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Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл, romanized: Ysyk-Köl, lit. 'warm lake', [ɯsɯqkœl]) is an endorheic lake (i.e., without outflow) in the Northern Tian Shan mountains in Eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in the world, the tenth-largest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area) and the second-largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Issyk-Kul means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language; although it is located at a lofty elevation of 1,607 metres (5,272 ft) and subject to severe cold during winter, it never freezes.
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"...[T]he Kirghiz moved in to an area from which they could not be seriously threatened by their Uyghur enemies. They also cemented friendship with neighboring peoples by, not long afterward, coming to an agreement with the Qarluqs, Tibetans, and Arabs regarding international trade and communications. This agreement provided for the safety of those traveling between the and the Arab [Abbasid] caliphate who had to journey through the lands of the Qarluqs, the new rulers of the Western Turks in Jungaria and west of Issyk Kul[lake in the Tian Shan/Modern Eastern Kyrgyzstan ]. In Qarluq territory, travelers were joined by Kirghiz escorts, who protected them from Uyghur banditry on their journey. The Arabs compensated the the Kirghiz with heavy silk brocades of Arab manufacture. The Kirghiz, in turn, purchased fancy clothing for their women from Arabs and other the countries of the Tarim Basin and Jungaria. In other words, at the time to which the Chinese report refers, the Uyghurs were raiding the route that was taken by merchants travailing between Tibetan territory and Arab territory. It is also obvious from the same account that the Tibetan were not in control of the Jungarian Basin either; the Qarluqs were despite Uyghur depredations. There is, however, no mention in the Chinese source of any Tibetan military activity in the Tarim Basin or Jungaria at this time."
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia
Christopher I. Beckwith
Pg.147-148
Images of eastern Kyrgyzstan, on the southern coast of Lake Issyk Kul and in the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains. July 2017.
Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan (courtesy of Google Maps via MapCrunch)
