Kulan-Sor

Kulan-Sor ("Kulan salt pan") is an endorheic salt pan on the Kulan-Talaa plain in western Irad, in the Karatau planning zone of the Autonomous Tribal Regions. It is about 14 kilometers long and up to five kilometers wide.^[1] In spring, snowmelt from the Karatau fills it with a few centimeters of brine; by July the water has evaporated, leaving a white crust of salt and gypsum. Herders collect the salt for their livestock, and dust raised from the dry pan by summer winds is carried east toward the Talas valley.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Faculty of Geography (2018). Physical Geography of Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press.
2. ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2022). Settlements and Services in the Karatau Zone. Kara-Oi.