Bolshoye Shklo (russian: Большое Шкло), also known as Bolshoye Shklo-Ushkaly (russian: Большое Шкло-Ушкалы), is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

in Kulundinsky District,

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

, Russian Federation.

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The lake lies at the western end of the Krai. Konstantinovka is located by the southern lakeshore and Kulunda, the district capital, lies to the southwest of the lake. Other inhabited places nearby are Zlatopol, to the east,

Mirabilit Mirabilit (russian: Мирабилит) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a Village#Russia, settlement) and the administrative center of Mirabilitsky Selsoviet, Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population wa ...

, to the south,

Myshkino Myshkino (russian: Мышкино) is a rural locality (a selo) in Konstantinovsky Selsoviet, Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 374 as of 2013. There are 2 streets. Geography Myshkino lies in the Kulunda Steppe, n ...

, to the southwest, and Smirnenkoye to the southeast.

Geography

Bolshoye Shklo is located in a residual depression of the Kulunda Plain. It has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of about .State Water Register of the Russian Federation - Озеро Бол. Шкло
/ref> Lake Maloye Shklo lies to the SSW,

Shchekulduk Shchekulduk (russian: Щекулдук), also known as Shekulduk (russian: Шекулдук) is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. Kulunda, the ...

to the southwest,

Gorkiye Kilty Gorkiye Kilty (russian: Горькие Кильты), also known as Gorkiye Kelty (russian: Горькие Келыты) and as Kelty Gorkoye (russian: Келыты Горькое), is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Fed ...

to the southeast, and

Bolshoye Yarovoye Bolshoye (russian: Большое) is a rural locality (a selo) in Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 343 as of 2010. There are 6 streets. Geography Bolshoye is located 25 km southeast of Prokhorovka Prokhorovk ...

to the northwest, close to the Russia-Kazakhstan border.

Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by flat

steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the temperate grasslands, ...

landscape, cultivated fields, and a village. '' Artemia salina'' crustaceans live in the lake and are harvested for commercial purposes.Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека - Кулундинский район
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Соленые озераГде побывать в Алтайском крае
Lakes of Altai Krai Endorheic lakes of Asia Kulunda Steppe

Geography

Flora and fauna

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