Lake Shunet is a

meromictic A meromictic lake is a lake which has layers of water that do not intermix. In ordinary, holomictic lakes, at least once each year, there is a physical mixing of the surface and the deep waters. The term ''meromictic'' was coined by the Austria ...

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near the ''

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'' of Shira in the

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. It belongs to the Shirin group of lakes. It is located 7 km south of the Lake Shira, in a deep basin, at around 390 m above sea level. The mineralization of the lake is of about 15 grams. There is sulfate-chloride and sodium-magnesium in its composition, very similar to the Shirin moisture. The composition of both only differs in the percentage of anions and cations. In the early stages of development, the lake was considered as a source of

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. There is

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and

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present. The peloid was found at the end of the 19th century. In the 20th century, the peloid was largely expended by the visitors, what has caused that at present the thickness of the peloid layer is of about a meter. On the shores of the lake are growing

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s. In winter, the lake does not freeze.

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Meromictic lakes Lakes of Khakassia {{Khakassia-geo-stub