Kulundinskoye

Lake Kulundinskoye lies in the broad Kulunda plain between the Ob and Irtysh. The Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into this shallow basin, which has no outlet; to the south lies Lake Kuchuk. Salt accumulates as water evaporates, leaving pale deposits around the lakes of the steppe. The lake forms a conspicuous expanse of water amid the grassland and strips of forest of the southern West Siberian Plain.