title: Teniz, Yereymentau District
text: # Teniz, Yereymentau District
  
  Teniz (Kazakh: Теңіз; Russian: Тениз) is a bittern salt lake in Yereymentau District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
  
  Yereymentau lies 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the southwest. Teniz is part of an Important Bird Area and the Buiratau National Park, a protected area, lies to the south of the lake.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Teniz is an endorheic lake in the basin of the Olenti river, 18 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of the Yereymentau Mountains. The lake has two prominent headlands, one in the northern shore and the other in the southern, dividing the lake into wide bays and a peninsula.
  
  Teniz is located in a depression 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) west of lake Kobeituz, its smaller and more well-known neighbor. There are also other lakes nearby, all of them smaller, such as Kurbetkol close to the southeastern end.
  
  * Sentinel-2 image of the lakes in November.
  