Flashcards: Lakes of Russia

Lake Kulundinskoye (Russian: Кулундинское озеро) (located at 53°0′N 79°30′E / 53.000°N 79.500°E) is located on the southern edge of the much larger West Siberian Plain of south-central Russia.

Lake Syamozero (Russian: Сямозеро, Finnish: Säämäjärvi, Karelian: Seämärvi) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia.

Lake Elton (Russian: Эльтон) is a salt lake in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan.

Tambukan Lake (Russian: Тамбукан) is a lake with bitter-salt water on Northern Caucasus in Stavropol Krai (about 33% surface) and the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (about 66% surface) of Russia, located eight kilometers from Pyatigorsk.

Lake Tikshozero (Russian: Тикшеозеро, Тикшозеро) is a freshwater lake, located in Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia and in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast in Russia.

Aike is a lake on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia.

Beloye (Russian: Белое, English: White) was a small freshwater lake in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Jack London Lake (Russian: Озеро Джека Лондона) is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long and 50 m (160 ft) deep mountain lake, located at 803 m (2,635 ft) above sea level in the Annachag Mountains at the upper reaches of the Kolyma River in the Yagodninsky district of Magadan Oblast.

Chusovskoye (Russian: Чусовское) is a lake in Perm Krai, Russia.

Lake Sapsho (Russian: Сапшо́) is a glacial lake in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

Lake Baskunchak (Russian: Баскунчак) is a salt lake of 115 km² in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located at 48°10′N 46°53′E / 48.

Lake Lakhta (Russian: Лахтинский разлив; Lakhtinsky razliv; from Finnish lahti, 'gulf') is a lake (or inlet) in St.

Lake Baikal (Russian: о́зеро Байка́л, tr. Ozero Baykal; IPA: [ˈozʲɪrə bɐjˈkɑl]; Buryat: Байгал нуур, Mongolian: Байгал нуур, Baygal nuur, etymologically meaning, in Mongolian, "the Nature Lake") is a rift lake in Russia, located in southern Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast.

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea.