Barak Kol

Barak Kol (, "Baraqkól") or Baraq Lake (also Baraqköl, Barakol Lake, Barakkol Lake, Ozero Barakkol', Ozero Barak-Kul') is a lake in Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, of central Kazakhstan between the mountains Gora Akdongul and Gora Baygetobe. "Köl" is the word for lake in Turkic languages, and Baraq was a khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.
Barak Kol is an important wetland for migrating geese, specifically "Anser anser", the greylag goose, and "Anser erythropus", the lesser white-fronted goose. The lake is approximately wide and long. The lake is freshwater with reeds growing along the margins. It lies in a shallow valley pinching out to the north and opening out to the south with low hills to the northeast and northwest.
It is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is Arganatinsk.