Dzhira (russian: Джира), Zhira (russian: Жира) or Dzhiry (russian: Джиры),Кулунда: сельское хозяйство и низкоэмиссионные технологии устойчивого землепользования
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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 is located in the western part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Sergeyevka, to the west, Yagotinskaya, to the northeast, and Ananyevka to the southeast. Kulunda, the district capital, lies to the WSW. There are large gypsum deposits at the lake estimated at about . The gypsum is of good quality, not containing harmful impurities and not caking during storage. At the time of the USSR the Ministry of the Medical Industry built a plant on the shore of lake Dzhira for the extraction of raw gypsum. The project was, however, abandoned. The plant never began to operate and was subsequently mothballed and destroyed.

Geography

Dzhira is located in a residual depression of the Kulunda Plain. It is one of the largest lakes in the district, with a length of stretching from north to south. The lakeshore is fringed by salt pans, especially on the eastern side. A fairly large lone island in the middle part of the lake is across.State Water Register of the Russian Federation
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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 ...

lies to the southwest, Bauzhansor to the north, Kuchuk to the east, Kulunda to the northeast, and

Bolshoye Shklo Bolshoye Shklo (russian: Большое Шкло), also known as Bolshoye Shklo-Ushkaly (russian: Большое Шкло-Ушкалы), is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake lies at the we ...

to the west.Озеро Джира
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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 and cultivated fields.Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека - Кулундинский район
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Соленые озераГде побывать в Алтайском краеFirst record of Coniatus splendidulus (Fabricius, 1781) - Research Gate
Lakes of Altai Krai Endorheic lakes of Asia Kulunda Steppe

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