Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye (russian: Кучукское озеро) is a
bittern salt lake in the southern part 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 ...
,
Blagoveshchensky District,
Altai Krai, south-central
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
.
Its waters are briny, containing
sodium sulphate
Sodium sulfate (also known as sodium sulphate or sulfate of soda) is the inorganic compound with formula Na2SO4 as well as several related hydrates. All forms are white solids that are highly soluble in water. With an annual production of 6 milli ...
.
The northern end of the lake is connected by a channel with
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 ...
to the north.
Geography
Lake Kuchuk is the second largest lake in Altai Krai. It has an oval shape and is located to the south of Lake Kulunda in the eastern side of 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 Sibe ...
, near the western limit of the
Ob Plateau
The Ob Plateau ( rus, Приобское плато, ''Priobskoye Plato''), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it falls within Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after ...
. The
Kuchuk river flows into the eastern shore of the lake.
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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
Company — KuchuksulphateBiochemichal Composition of Artemia Cysts Used as Food for Juvenile Fish from Different Hypersaline Lakes of the Altai Territory
Kuchuk
Endorheic lakes of Asia
West Siberian Plain
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