Medvezhye (russian: Медвежье озеро), meaning "bear lake", is a body of water in
Petukhovsky District
Petukhovsky District (russian: Петуховский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #316 and municipalLaw #419 district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the dis ...
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Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan Oblast (russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, ''Kurganskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,Kurgan ...
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Russian Federation.
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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
protected area
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Geography
Medvezhye is a salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...
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.Siverga
Siverga ( kk, Сиверга; russian: Сиверга , is a salt lake in Kyzylzhar District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan and Berdyuzhye and Kazan districts of Tyumen Oblast, Russian Federation.
The lake is located to the southeast of ...
to the northeast and Akush to the ENE. Lake Stanovoye
Stanovoye ( kk, Становое), is a salt lake in Mamlyut District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake is located to the SW of Mamlyut, the district capital, and to the WSW of Petropavl city, the regional capital. Stanovoye vill ...
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](_blank)
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See also
* List of lakes of Russia
References
External links
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Bodies of water of Kurgan Oblast
Endorheic lakes of Asia
West Siberian Plain