The Kulunda (russian: Кулунда) is a river in

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. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky, Tyumentsevsky, Bayevsky and Blagoveshchensky districts. There are a number of villages near its banks, such as Bayevo, Pokrovka, Kapustinka, Proslaukha and Gryaznovo.

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The Kulunda river system is an

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between the Ob and the

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rivers. The sources are in the

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. The river flows roughly southwestwards through one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that are characteristic of the plateau. As it descends to the

Kulunda Plain The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (russian: Кулундинская равнина, kk, Құлынды даласы, ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberi ...

there are many lakes in its basin, especially near

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and Nizhnechumanka. Near its mouth the river turns westwards. Finally it meets the eastern shore of

Lake Kulunda Lake Kulunda or Kulundinskoye (russian: Кулундинское озеро) is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia. The Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into the lake, which is connected by a ch ...

about west of Shimolino.Кулунда (река в Алтайском крае)
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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Kulunda are the long Chuman (Чуман), the long Proslaukha (Прослауха), the long Cheremshanka (Черемшанка) and the long Solonovka (Солоновка) from the right, as well as the long Yermachikha (Ермачиха) from the left.

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The syntaxonomy of the meadow vegetation of Kulunda and Kasmala pine forest strips (Altai Territory)
Rivers of Altai Krai West Siberian Plain Endorheic basins of Asia {{Russia-river-stub

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