Telemba (russian: Телемба; bxr, Тэлэмбэ) is a fresh water body in the

Yeravninsky District Yeravninsky District (russian: Ера́внинский райо́н; bua, Яруунын аймаг, ''Yaruunyn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of B ...

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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. The lake has an area of . Telemba village is located on the western shore of the lake. There is a military training ground of the

Eastern Military District The Eastern Military District (Russian: Восточный военный округ) is a military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction within the Far Eastern Federal ...

of the

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near the lake.Russia to expand Telemba military range
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Geography

Telemba lake is located in the

Vitim Plateau Vitim Plateau is a plateau in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The plateau is sparsely populated, the main settlements are Romanovka and Bagdarin. An area of the plateau is an ancient volcanic field with a number of cinder cones and volcan ...

. The

Konda River The Konda (russian: Конда) is a river in the Khanty–Mansia district of Russia. The town of Uray and the ''Shaimskoye'' oil field are along the Konda.

, a tributary of the

Vitim River The Vitim (russian: Витим; evn, Витым, ; sah, Виитим, ; Buryat and mn, Витим, ''Vitim'') is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China fr ...

, flows to the east and southeast of the lakeshores. There are other lakes nearby, but Telemba is the largest and most picturesque of the lakes of the Konda river basin.Конда - Water of Russia
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References

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External links

- Fishing in Telemba lake
(in Russian)
Geography of tourism in the Republic of Buryatia
Lakes of Buryatia

Geography

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