Bakhmatovskoye () is a salt lake in Aleysky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.[Google Earth]
The lake lies roughly in the middle of the Krai. The nearest towns are Voronikha to the north and Borovskoye, formerly known as Bakhmatovo, located near the southern lakeshore. Aleysk, the district capital, lies to the southeast.
Geography
Bakhmatovskoye is in the area of the sources of the
Barnaulka river. It lies in one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that cut diagonally across the
Ob Plateau slanting towards the
Ob River. The lake has an elongated shape, stretching roughly from northeast to southwest for over . It is connected by a channel with neighboring lake Sredneye to the southwest and with lake Serebrennikovskoye to the northeast. The shores are flat and often deeply indented, forming bays and peninsulas. There are also a few islands in the central section. The bottom of the lake is sandy and silty with a predominance of gray silt.
[ Озеро Бахматовское]
There are a number of lakes in the same trench. Lake Sredneye is located to the southwest and Zerkalnoye further away in the same direction. Lake Peschanoye lies to the northeast.
Flora and fauna
The
ribbon forest characteristic of the Ob Plateau grows close to the lake.
Phragmites,
Scirpus and
Typha are found in sections of the lakeshore. The main fish species is the
crucian carp, but
gudgeon and
Eurasian minnow are also found. The latter are more sensitive to increases in salinity and sometimes mass-death occurs.
See also
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