Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye | |
Other Name: | Горькое-Перешеечное |
Coords: | 51.8317°N 80.9042°W |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Altai Krai#Russia |
Inflow: | Solovykha |
Catchment: | 655sqkm |
Basin Countries: | Russia |
Length: | 18.1km (11.2miles) |
Width: | 3.5km (02.2miles) |
Area: | 45.4sqkm |
Depth: | 1.5m (04.9feet) |
Max-Depth: | 2.9m (09.5feet) |
Elevation: | 219m (719feet) |
Islands: | None |
Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye (Russian: Горькое-Перешеечное) is a salt lake in Yegoryevsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.[1]
The lake is located in the southwestern part of the Krai. The nearest town is Novoyegoryevskoye, close to the southern shore.[2] Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye is a tourist attraction, equipped with resorts near the lake. There are pine forests close to the lakeshore.[3]
Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye is one of the longest lakes in Altai Krai. It lies in a wide ravine of glacial origin at the southwestern end of the Ob Plateau, near the Kulunda Plain. The lake has an elongated shape, stretching roughly from NNE to SSW for over 18km (11miles). The bottom has a between 0.1m (00.3feet) and 0.4m (01.3feet) thick layer of dark silt that is reputed to have medicinal properties. The mineralization of the mud solution is between 23g/l and 44g/l. The water is alkaline, sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride being the predominant ions, with a mineralization of 48.2g/l and a boric acid concentration of 45.4g/l.[3]
Lake Gorkoye is located barely 1km (01miles) to the south and is connected with it by a short channel. Lake Gorkoye (Novichikhinsky District) lies 40km (30miles) to the northeast and Malinovoye 67km (42miles) to the west.[2]