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Belenkoye (lake, Tabunsky District)
Belenkoye (Russian: Беленькое) is a salt lake in Tabunsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.[1] The lake lies at the western end of the Krai. Bolsheromanovka is located 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) to the west of the western lakeshore and Tabuny, the district capital, lies 27 kilometers (17 mi) to the SSW of the lake. Other inhabited places nearby are Georgiyevka, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) to the east, and Karpilovka 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) to the south.[2] GeographyBelenkoye is located in a residual depression of the Kulunda Plain. It has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of about 2.6 kilometers (1.6 mi).[3][1][4] Lake Maloye Yarovoye lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the ENE, Belenkoye (Slavgorod Municipality)[5] 23 kilometers (14 mi) in the same direction, Bolshoye Yarovoye 21 kilometers (13 mi) to the southwest, and lake Kulunda 25 kilometers (16 mi) to the east.[3][2] Flora and faunaThe lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape, salt pans and cultivated fields. Artemia salina crustaceans live in the lake and are periodically harvested for commercial purposes.[3] See alsoReferences
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