Ebeyty (russian: Эбейты) is a
salt lake in
Omsk Oblast,
Russian Federation
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.
The
Kazakhstan–Russia border
The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federatio ...
lies about to the southeast of the lake. Ebeyty lies at the
tripoint
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of
Moskalensky,
Poltavsky and
Isilkulsky districts.
The waters of the lake are reputed to have healing properties.
Geography
Ebeyty lies in the southern part of the
Ishim Plain
Ishim Steppe (russian: Ишимская равнина, kk, Есіл даласы, ''Yesil dalasy'') is a plain in the southern part of Western Siberia, between the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Administratively it is part of Kurgan, Tyumen, and Om ...
, the southernmost sector of the
West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...
. It is a saline
endorheic lake
An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...
located at the bottom of a depression. In the summer the lake shrinks to an area of . Ebeyty is the largest salt lake in Omsk Oblast. Lake
Kishi-Karoy, of similar characteristics, lies to the SSW, on the Kazakhstan side of the border, and lake
Ulzhay far to the ESE, beyond the
Irtysh
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'e ...
.
The bottom of the lake is muddy. Ebeyty is mainly fed by snow.
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Flora
The Ebeyty basin lies in the transition area between
forest-steppe
A forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest.
Locations
Forest steppe primarily occurs in a belt of forest steppes across northern Eurasia from the eastern ...
and
steppe vegetation. Owing to the high salinity,
halophytic
A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. ...
plant species dominate.
["Vegetation of the basin of Lake Ebeity" . www.omsktfi.ru, Omsk branch of the Federal State Institution "TFGI for the Siberian Federal District" of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use]
See also
*
List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
*Baikal (Байкал)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое)
* Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое)
*Bokon (Бокон)
* Bolshoye Morskoye (Боль ...
References
External links
Peculiarities lake Ebeyty of salt accumulation in the Omsk regionEcological and tourist trail on Lake Ebeyty
Lakes of Russia
Endorheic lakes of Asia
Omsk Oblast
West Siberian Plain
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