Lake Kulunda or Kulundinskoye[1] (Russian: Кулундинское озеро) is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia.

Lake Kulunda
Кулундинское
Lake Kulunda from space (October 2021)
Lake Kulunda Show map of Altai Krai Lake Kulunda Show map of Russia
Location	West Siberian Plain
Coordinates	53°0′N 79°30′E
Type	endorheic
Primary inflows	Kulunda, Suetka
Catchment area	24,100 square kilometers (9,300 sq mi)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	35 kilometers (22 mi)
Max. width	24 kilometers (15 mi)
Surface area	728 square kilometers (281 sq mi)
Average depth	2.5 meters (8 ft 2 in)
Max. depth	4 meters (13 ft)
Surface elevation	99 meters (325 ft)

The Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into the lake, which is connected by a channel with Lake Kuchuk to the south.[2] The nearest town is Blagoveshchenka.[3]

Geography

Lake Kulunda is the largest lake in Altai Krai. It is an endorheic lake located in the eastern side of the Kulunda Plain, near the western limit of the Ob Plateau. This lake, along with many other lakes in the region, exhibits a wide array of colors. The variations in color suggest that each lake is at a different stage of eutrophication. Kuchuk, the lake immediately south of Lake Kulunda is mauve-colored, contrasting with the oval, dark blue lake along the northwest edge of the photograph. The lake has no outlets and two deltas can be observed along the eastern side of the lake. The white areas are salty minerals that were deposited on the surface as water evaporated rendering the water hypersaline, with a mineralization of 111.5 g/L, suitable for a native population of brine shrimp (Artemia sp.).[4] A well-established shelter belt system (a series of three parallel lines adjoining end to end) runs generally north-south along the eastern side of Lake Kulunda to form a manmade barrier to help protect against wind erosion. The cultivated field patterns nearby are large and roughly rectangular in shape.

See also

• list of lakes of Russia

References

External links

• Media related to Kulundinskoye Lake at Wikimedia Commons
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Biochemichal Composition of Artemia Cysts Used as Food for Juvenile Fish from Different Hypersaline Lakes of the Altai Territory.

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На других языках

[de] Kulundasee

[fr] Lac Koulounda

[it] Lago di Kulunda

[ru] Кулундинское озеро