Ebeyty () is a

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in Omsk Oblast,

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. The

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lies about to the southeast of the lake. Ebeyty lies at the

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of Moskalensky, Poltavsky and Isilkulsky districts. The waters of the lake are reputed to have healing properties.

Geography

Ebeyty lies in the southern part of the Ishim Plain, the southernmost sector of the West Siberian Plain. It is a saline endorheic lake located at the bottom of a depression. In the summer the lake shrinks to an area of . Ebeyty is the largest salt lake in Omsk Oblast. Lake

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, of similar characteristics, lies to the SSW, on the Kazakhstan side of the border, and lake Ulzhay far to the ESE, beyond the

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. The bottom of the lake is muddy. Ebeyty is mainly fed by snow.

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Flora

The Ebeyty basin lies in the transition area between forest-steppe and

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vegetation. Owing to the high salinity, halophytic plant species dominate."Vegetation of the basin of Lake Ebeity" . www.omsktfi.ru, Omsk branch of the Federal State Institution "TFGI for the Siberian Federal District" of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use

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Peculiarities lake Ebeyty of salt accumulation in the Omsk region

Ecological and tourist trail on Lake Ebeyty
Lakes of Russia Endorheic lakes of Asia Geography of Omsk Oblast West Siberian Plain {{OmskOblast-geo-stub

Geography

Flora

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