Shukyrtuz (russian: Шукыртуз) is a
salt lake
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in
Klyuchevsky District
Klyuchevsky District (russian: Ключе́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #141-ZS district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Altai Krai, fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the ...
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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 is located at the western edge of the Krai. The
Russia-Kazakhstan border lies to the southwest. The nearest inhabited places are
Novopoltava and
Istimis.
Klyuchi
Klyuchi (russian: Ключи; lit. ''springs'') is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
* Klyuchi, Kamchatka Krai, a former town in Kamchatka Oblast; since 2004 — a rural locality; since 2007 — in Kamchatka Krai
* Klyuchi, Biysky ...
, the district capital, lies to the southwest.
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In 1998 the lake was declared a natural monument of regional significance. In some parts of the lake there is viscous black mud with a hydrogen sulphide
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smell which is deemed to have medicinal properties.
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Geography
Located in the Kulunda Plain, Shukyrtuz has a drop
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shape. It stretches for approximately with the point in the north. The northern shore rises up to in height and is cut in places by gullies, while the southern shore is flat and gently sloping. The lake is shallow, with a maximum depth in the central area not exceeding . The bottom is sandy and silty. The water is saline, with a high mineralization reaching .Petukhovo Petukhovo (russian: Петухово) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
;Urban localities
*Petukhovo (town), Kurgan Oblast, a town in Petukhovsky District of Kurgan Obl ...
lies to the south, Krivaya Puchina to the NNW, and larger lake Kuchuk to the northeast.
Flora and fauna
The lake is surrounded by flat steppe
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Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
landscape. The vegetation includes fescue
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, wormwood
Wormwood may refer to:
Biology
* Several plants of the genus ''Artemisia'':
** ''Artemisia abrotanum'', southern wormwood
** '' Artemisia absinthium'', common wormwood, grande wormwood or absinthe wormwood
** ''Artemisia annua'', sweet wormwood o ...
, milkvetch
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, feather grass Feathergrass is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*'' Nassella'', a genus of bunchgrasses
*'' Stipa'', a genus of perennial hermaphroditic grasses
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