The Ekityki Lake (russian: Озеро Экитыки; ''Ozero Ekityki'') is a lake in the
Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains ( rus, Чукотское нагорье) or Chukotka Upland ''(Чукотская горная страна)'' is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[Ekityki River
The Ekityki (russian: Экитыки) is a stream located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
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flows through it.
Geography
The shape of the Ekityki Lake is long and narrow ( in length and an average of in width). Like all lakes of the tundra, it is frozen for the greatest part of the year.
Lake Ekityki is the only location in the whole
Eurasian continent
Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago ...
where the
Pygmy whitefish
The pygmy whitefish (''Prosopium coulterii'') is a freshwater whitefish of the genus ''Prosopium'' in the family Salmonidae. Found in the mountain streams and lakes in western North America, it also has isolated populations in Lake Superior and i ...
is found.
Prosopium coulterii
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This lake and the whole Ekityki river basin belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...
administrative region of Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
.
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
Озеро Экитыки
Picture
Tourism and Environmental data
Lakes of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Mountains
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