Baunt (; , ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the

Bauntovsky District Bauntovsky District (; , ''Babanta (Bauntyn) aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The a ...

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. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some

hot springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...

, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt

Bolshoy Khapton The Bolshoy Khapton () is a mountain range in Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The nearest airport is Bagdarin Airport.Google Earth Geography This mountain range is located in the northeastern part of the Vitim Plateau. It stretches from s ...

, near the confluence of the Upper

Tsipa The Tsipa () is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640. Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also ...

, and the village of

Baunt Baunt (; , ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bol ...

is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient

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s. The lake is a

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since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean ''

Asellus aquaticus ''Asellus aquaticus'' is a fresh water, freshwater crustacean resembling a woodlouse. It is known by various common names including pond slater, water louse, aquatic sowbug, water hoglouse and cress bug. Ecology ''Asellus aquaticus'' is common t ...

''.

Geography

The lake has a roughly triangular shape. It stretches in a southwest-northeast direction parallel to the main ridge of the

Southern Muya Range The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...

to the north and the Baunt Basin, with the

Maly Khapton The Bolshoy Khapton () is a mountain range in Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The nearest airport is Bagdarin Airport.Google Earth Geography This mountain range is located in the northeastern part of the Vitim Plateau. It stretches from ...

and Babanty Range, two ranges of the

Vitim Plateau Vitim Plateau is a plateau in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The plateau is sparsely populated; the main settlements are Romanovka, Republic of Buryatia, Romanovka and Bagdarin. An area of the plateau is an ancient volcanic field with a ...

, to the south. The

Ikat Range Ikat Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia. It runs in a parallel direction to the Baikal Rift. The range is named after two small rivers sharing the name "Ikat" which have their sources in opposite slopes of the range one is a tribut ...

rises to the west and the

Kapylyushi Kapylyushi () or Kapylyushy is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word. The lake is located in the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau, near the left bank of river Tsipi ...

lakes lie to the southwest. The Upper

enters the lake at the SW shore through two arms. The Tsipikan flows from the east into the lake and further to the east lies lake

Busani Busani () is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "where people drown". There are spectacular rock formations on the southeastern shore of lake Bu ...

. The lower

river flows out of the lake from the northeast.Баунт - Water of Russia
/ref> The northwestern shore, as well as part of the southern shore of the lake, is abrupt and rocky with up to high mountains towering above it. On the other hand, the shores to the southwest and east are low and marshy, with many small lakes and bogs. The lake freezes between late October or early November to May or early June. The ice in the central area may reach a thickness of .
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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed.

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- 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978

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Geography of tourism in the Republic of Buryatia

South Siberian Mountains

Geography

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