Shchekulduk (), also known as Shekulduk () is a

salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). I ...

Kulundinsky District Kulundinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #66-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the r ...

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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The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. Kulunda, the district capital, lies just from the northeastern shore of the lake. Other inhabited places nearby are Estlan, to the southwest, Novopetrovka, to the east, and Oktyabrsky to the north. The name of the lake is of Kazakh origin.

Geography

Shchekulduk is located in a residual depression of the

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 sout ...

. It has a roughly polygonal shape, with a length of almost from west to east. The lakeshore has a small peninsula on the northeastern side that forms a small bay named Bukhta Udachi where there is tourism infrastructure for visitors.Bukhta-Udachi
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Gorkiye Kilty Gorkiye Kilty (), also known as Gorkiye Kelty () and as Kelty Gorkoye (), is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake is located close to the western edge of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places ...

to the east, and Bura to the northwest, at the Russia-Kazakhstan border.

Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by flat

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landscape, cultivated fields and urbanized areas.Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека - Кулундинский район
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Соленые озераГде побывать в Алтайском краеLake Shchekulduk
Lakes of Altai Krai Endorheic lakes of Asia Kulunda Steppe

Geography

Flora and fauna

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