Lake Kuchuk Explained

Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye (ru|Кучукское озеро) is a bittern salt lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, south-central Russia.^[1]

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

Lake Kuchuk is the second largest lake in Altai Krai. It has an oval shape and is located 5km (03miles) 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. Lake Bauzhansor lies 13km (08miles) to the northwest, Shukyrtuz 33km (21miles) to the southwest, and Lake Mostovoye 72km (45miles) to the northeast.^{[4] [3]}

See also

• List of lakes of Russia

External links

• • Company — Kuchuksulphate
• Biochemichal Composition of Artemia Cysts Used as Food for Juvenile Fish from Different Hypersaline Lakes of the Altai Territory

Notes and References

1. Web site: Changes in the morphological characteristics of the depression basin of Kuchuk Lake. researchgate.net. 5 July 2022.
2. Web site: Lake Kuchuk, Russia - Mirabilite in a sinking hypersaline cryogenic sodium sulphate system. saltworkconsultants.com. 5 July 2022.
3. Web site: N-44 Topographic Chart (in Russian). 5 July 2022.
4. [Google Earth]