Medvezhye (russian: Медвежье озеро), meaning "bear lake", is a body of water in

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There are two settlements by the lake Kurort Ozero Medvezhye and Novoye Ilinskoye. The mud of the lake is deemed to have medicinal properties. According to legend a bear with a sore paw dipped it in the lake and was healed. Lake Medvezhye is a

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Geography

Medvezhye is a

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located in the Ishim Plain, the southern part of the West Siberian Plain. The middle of the lake has a section stretching from north to south of irregular-shaped islands and peninsulas with marshy stretches in between. This section is roughly wide and divides the lake into two parts: Big Medvezhye ''(Bolshoye Medvezhye)'' on the western and Small Medvezhye ''(Maloye Medvezhye)'' on the eastern side. A narrow sound in the middle connects both sides. The bottom of the lake is flat and muddy. The area where Medvezhye lies is dotted with small lakes. Lake Sazykul lies to the northwest, Siverga to the northeast and Akush to the ENE. Lake Stanovoye is located to the SSE, beyond the Kazakhstan–Russia border.

Fauna

During the summer ''Artemia salina'' crustaceans breed in large numbers in the lake. There are no fish in its waters.Озеро Медвежье: чем интересно и уникально целебное
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* {{commons category-inline Bodies of water of Kurgan Oblast Endorheic lakes of Asia West Siberian Plain

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