Where is the Black Strait Lake
The Garabogazk��l (also spelt Kara-Bogaz-Gol; "Black Strait Lake"), or Garabogazk��l Aylagy ("Black Strait Lake Bay"), is a shallow, water-filled, highly-saline depression in the northwestern corner of Turkmenistan. It forms a lagoon of the Caspian Sea and has a variable surface area, about 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi). The Caspian Sea proper sits immediately to the west, mostly divorced by a narrow, rocky ridge having a very narrow opening through which the Caspian waters flow, overwhelmingly, into it. There is likely to be a subterranean highly saline flow, only when there is less evaporation in winter, as in the case of the Turkish Straits year-round. The lagoon's volume fluctuates seasonally, accentuated by its salt evaporation ponds and natural counterpart surrounding, seasonally dry salt pans.
 
 The city of Garabogaz (formerly Bekda��) lies on the ridge, about 50 km (31 mi) north of the channel between the main Caspian basin and the Garabogazk��l lagoon. It has a population of about 10,000 people.
The Garabogazkoel (also spelt Kara-Bogaz-Gol; "Black Strait Lake"), or Garabogazkoel Aylagy ("Black Strait Lake Bay"), is a shallow, water-filled, highly-saline depression in the northwestern corner of Turkmenistan. 
 
 It forms a lagoon of the Caspian Sea and has a variable surface area, about 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi).