Rodinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #34-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Rodino. Population: The population of Rodino accounts for 41.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Rodinsky District is located in the western sector of the

, in the area where the

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transitions to the

Kulunda Steppe 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 River, Ob and Irtysh rivers in ...

. The last stretch of the

Kulunda Main Canal The Kulunda Main Canal () is an irrigation canal in Altai Krai, Russian Federation. The canal was built to bring water to the Kulunda Steppe, a region periodically subjected to severe droughts. Topography The canal begins close to Kamen-na-Obi ...

is located in the district.

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