Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye (Russian: Кучукское озеро) is a bittern salt lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, south-central Russia.[1]
| Lake Kuchuk | |
|---|---|
| Кучукское | |
 Panorama of Lake Kuchuk | |
  Lake Kuchuk  Lake Kuchuk | |
| Location | West Siberian Plain |
| Coordinates | 52°42′20″N 79°46′47″E / 52.70556°N 79.77972°E |
| Type | endorheic |
| Primary inflows | Kuchuk |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Max. length | 23 kilometers (14 mi) |
| Max. width | 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 166 square kilometers (64 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 2.3 meters (7 ft 7 in) |
| Max. depth | 3.3 meters (11 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 98.4 meters (323 ft) |
| Islands | None |
Its waters are briny, containing sodium sulphate.[2] The northern end of the lake is connected by a channel with Lake Kulunda to the north.[3]
Geography edit
Lake Kuchuk is the second largest lake in Altai Krai. It has an oval shape and is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the south of Lake Kulunda in the eastern side of the Kulunda Plain, near the western limit of the Ob Plateau. The Kuchuk river flows into the eastern shore of the lake.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Changes in the morphological characteristics of the depression basin of Kuchuk Lake". researchgate.net. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Lake Kuchuk, Russia - Mirabilite in a sinking hypersaline cryogenic sodium sulphate system". saltworkconsultants.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "N-44 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Google Earth
External links edit
- Company — Kuchuksulphate
- Biochemichal Composition of Artemia Cysts Used as Food for Juvenile Fish from Different Hypersaline Lakes of the Altai Territory
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