Gorkoye (russian: Горькое) is a

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Novichikhinsky District Novichikhinsky District (russian: Новичи́хинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #94-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area o ...

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 roughly in the middle of the Krai. The nearest town is

Melnikovo Melnikovo (russian: Мельниково) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Melnikovo, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' in Melnikovsky Selsoviet of Novichikhinsky District of Altai Krai * Melnikovo, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a village in Tra ...

close to the southern end.

Novichikha Novichikha (russian: Новичиха) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Novichikhinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: Geography Lake Gorkoye is located to the west of the town.Google Earth Go ...

, the district capital, lies to the east of the southeastern shore. The lake and its surrounding area is a tourist attraction and was declared a natural monument of regional significance in 2015.Четыре природных объекта Алтайского края получили статус памятника природы краевого значения
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Geography

With a length of , Gorkoye is one of the longest lakes in Altai Krai. It lies in one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that cut diagonally across the Ob Plateau. The lake has an elongated shape, stretching roughly from northeast to southwest. The water is saline but was fresh in the past. The silt at the bottom of the lake is reputed to have healing properties. A

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stretches along the southeastern lakeshore.Озеро Горькое. История в фактах и домыслах
/ref> Lake Zerkalnoye is located in the same trench to the northeast, at the head of the

Barnaulka The Barnaulka (russian: Барнаулка) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky District, Rebrikhinsky, Shipunovsky District, Shipunovsky and Pav ...

river. Gorkoye lies to the northwest, Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye to the southwest and pink lake Malinovoye to the west.

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Peculiarities of Macrozoobenthos in Lakes of Different Mineralization of the Southern Section of the Ob-Irtysh Interfluve
Lakes of Altai Krai Endorheic lakes of Asia Ob Plateau {{AltaiKrai-geo-stub

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