Lake Balqash

Lake Balkhash () is located in Kazakhstan. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia and 15th largest in the world. 
It belongs to a Central Asian endorheic basin shared by Kazakhstan, China, and Kyrgyzstan. Water moves from the basin to Balqash via seven rivers. The most important one is the Ili River. Water in the Ili River comes from melted snow from the mountains of China's Xinjiang.