Lake Itkul Explained

Itkul
Coords:56.09°N 60.3°W
Inflow:Dolgaya, Shardatma, Zyuzelka, Karabayka, Kamenuchka
Outflow:Istok
Pushpin Map:Russia Chelyabinsk Oblast
Catchment:154km2
Basin Countries:Russia
Length:7km (04miles)
Width:5km (03miles)
Area:30km2
Depth:7.8m (25.6feet)
Max-Depth:16.6m (54.5feet)
Volume:0.0234km3
Elevation:273m (896feet)
Islands:1
Frozen:November–May

Lake Itkul is situated in the north of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, 20 kilometers from the town of Verkhny Ufaley. Lake Itkul was declared a natural monument.

The lake is surrounded by low summits of the Ural Mountains, the highest of them being Karabayka (544 m) on the southwestern shore of Lake Itkul. Here in Lake Itkul small river flows Karabayka.