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Maloye Yarovoye
Maloye Yarovoye () is a salt lake in Slavgorod Municipality, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake is located in the northwestern part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Vladimirovka and Semyonovka, located not far from the northwestern shore. Slavgorod lies to the west. The lake is a protected area. Geography Located in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain, Maloye Yarovoye has a roughly circular shape with a diameter of about . The lakeshore is steep, sloping down from heights between and . The water is saline and the lake bottom has layers of sand and silt. Lake Kulunda lies to the east, Belenkoye (Tabunsky District) to the southeast, Belenkoye (Slavgorod Municipality) to the east, Bolshoye Yarovoye to the WSW and Burlinskoye to the WNW. Flora and fauna Maloye Yarovoye is surrounded by steppe vegetation. There are no fish in the lake, its only aquatic fauna is the small crustacean ''Artemia salina''. See also *List of lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulunda Plain
The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (, , ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberia. Geography The steppe is located between the Ob and Irtysh rivers in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, to the west of the Ob Plateau. Steppe landscapes predominate, especially in the north and east of the plain, which extends across the Altai Krai of Russia and the Pavlodar Oblast of Kazakhstan, with a small northern section in the Novosibirsk Oblast, as well as small southern part in the East Kazakhstan Oblast. The Baraba Steppe lies to the northwest. The border between both plains is not well defined. Conventionally, it is carried out at 54 degrees north latitude. File:Кулундинская равнина Орлово Немецкий район.jpg, Kulunda Steppe in Nemetsky National District. Hydrology The main rivers are the Kuchuk, Kulunda and Burla. There are large lakes in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saline Water
Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, but less salty than brine. The salt concentration is usually expressed in parts per thousand (permille, ‰) and parts per million (ppm). The USGS salinity scale defines three levels of saline water. The salt concentration in slightly saline water is 1,000 to 3,000 ppm (0.1–0.3%); in moderately saline water is 3,000 to 10,000 ppm (0.3–1%); and in highly saline water is 10,000 to 35,000 ppm (1–3.5%). Seawater has a salinity of roughly 35,000 ppm, equivalent to 35 grams of salt per one liter (or kilogram) of water. The saturation level is only nominally dependent on the temperature of the water. At one liter of water can dissolve about 357 grams of salt, a concentration of 26.3 percent by weight (% w/w). At (the boiling temper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Altai Krai
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a depression (geology), basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers. Lakes, as with other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Most lakes are fresh water and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume of water. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which are also water-filled basins on land, although there are no official definitions or scientific criteria distinguishing the two. Lakes are also distinct from lagoons, which are generally shallow tidal pools dammed by sandbars or other material at coastal regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes Of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: * Achchyon (Аччён) * Akush (Акуш) * Arakhley (Арахле́й) * Astrodym (Астродым) * Baikal (Байкал) * Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское) * Baunt (Баунт) * Bauzhansor (Баужансор) * Belenkoye (Беленькое) * Belenkoye (Беленькое) * Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое) * Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое) * Bokon (Бокон) * Bolshoy Bagan (Большой Баган) * Bolshoy Yeravna (Большо́е Ера́вное) * Bolshoye Morskoye (Большое Морское) * Bolshoye Ostrovnoye (Большое Островное) * Bolshoye Shklo (Большое Шкло) * Bolshoye Toko (Большое Токо) * Bolshoye Topolnoye (Большое Топольное) * Bolshoye Yarovoye (Большое Яровое) * Botkul (Боткуль) * Brosno (Бросно) * Bura (Бура) * Burlinskoye (Бурлинское) * Busani (Бусани) * Bustakh (Бустах) *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemia Salina
''Artemia salina'' is a species of brine shrimp – aquatic crustaceans that are more closely related to '' Triops'' and cladocerans than to true shrimp. It belongs to a lineage that does not appear to have changed much in . ''Artemia salina'' is native to saline lakes, ponds, and temporary waters (not seas) in the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe, Anatolia, and Northern Africa. Considerable taxonomic confusion exists, and some populations elsewhere have formerly been referred to as this species, but are now recognized as separate species. Description ''Artemia salina'' has three eyes and 11 pairs of legs and can grow to about in size. Its blood contains the pigment hemoglobin, which is also found in vertebrates. Males differ from females by having their second antennae markedly enlarged, and modified into clasping organs used in mating. Life cycle Males have two reproductive organs. Prior to copulation, the male clasps the female with his clasping organ, assuming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome * the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome A steppe is usually covered with grass and shrubs, depending on the season and latitude. The term ''steppe climate'' denotes a semi-arid climate, which is encountered in regions too dry to support a forest, but not dry enough to be a desert. Steppes are usually characterized by a semi-arid or continental climate. Temperature extremes can be recorded in the summer of up to and in winter of down to . Besides this major seasonal difference, fluctuations between day and night are also significant: in both the highlands of Mongolia and northern Nevada, can be reached during the day with sub-freezing readings at night. Steppes ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlinskoye
Burlinskoye () is a salt lake in Slavgorod municipality, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake is located at the northwestern end of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Bursol, located by the northeastern shore, and Slavgorod to the southeast. The western shore lies to the east of the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Burlinskoye is a tourist attraction owing to the seasonal pink color of its waters. History Table salt has been mined at the lake since 1762. At the time of the USSR a small railway was built from Bursol village in the east to the middle of the lake in order to facilitate salt extraction. The rails barely rise above the lake surface. Salt mining was interrupted in 1998 but was resumed in 2010. Geography Burlinskoye lies in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The lakeshore is flanked by steep between and high cliff-like banks in the north, west and south, but it is flat and swampy on the eastern side. The pink color of the lake i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
