Aktash Lake , as well as Aktash , Al-Il , Alilskoye , Yak-Tash [2] ; ( Ukrainian: Aktask lake , Crimean Tat. Aqtaş gölü, Aktash golu ) - a drying salt lake in the north of the Kerch Peninsula in the territory of the Leninsky district ; 4th largest lake in Crimea. The area of the mirror is 26.8 km², the catchment area is 467 km² [2] . The type of general mineralization is salty . The origin is estuary . The hydrological regime group is closed .
| Aktash Lake | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Aktask Lake , Crimean Tat. Aqtaş gölü | |
 Aktash Lake - an oval reservoir in the center of the picture; Also shown here are Shchelkino, Mysovoe, Lenino | |
| Morphometry | |
| Dimensions | 8 × max. 3.5 km |
| Area | 26.8 km² |
| Deepest | 3m |
| Average depth | 2 m |
| Hydrology | |
| Type of mineralization | salty |
| Swimming pool | |
| Pool area | 467 km² |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Republic of Crimea |
| Area | Leninsky district |
It is part of the wetlands of international importance Aqual-rock complex of Cape Kazantip and Lake Aktash with Astana plains .
Geography
Included in the Kerch group of lakes , the largest in the Crimea. Length - 8 km. The average width is 3.0 km, the largest - 3.5 km. The average depth is 2 m, the greatest - 3 m [2] . The lake is not used. The nearest settlements: Shchelkino and Mysovoe (to the north of the lake), Semenovka (to the west), Azov (to the north-east).
It is connected by a channel with the North Crimean channel . There is also a channel going from the Sea of Azov to the pumping station (Shchelkinskaya aeration station) through the eastern part of the lake. In the period 1979 - 1981 , in connection with the construction of the Crimean NPP , an earthen dam 8 km long and 3-3.5 m wide was built around the lake, which they were going to use as a cooling pond for technical water supply to the station, allowing it to raise its level a few meters above the surrounding area. The dam surrounded the entire lake, with the exception of the northern and northeastern parts, where (in the north) the Ezhovy, Sredny and Utiny peninsulas are located. In the central part of the water mirror is the island of Latau (height 0.5 m above sea level). In the south, there is a salt marsh 7 km long and up to 1 km wide, as well as small salt marshes located in the north (from the Yezhovy Peninsula to pine and elm trees) and the northeast (to pine and acacia trees).
In the spring of 1989, the dam of Lake Aktash broke through, flooding the surrounding area.
At the western part of the dam there is the Shchelkino- Lenino road, a railway station , treatment facilities, an ORS base. To the north-west of the lake are the Crimean NPPs, the Shchelkinskaya aeration station, and a landfill. North-east of the lake is the East Crimean wind farm (operating), SES-5 (inactive). Southeast - Astana Flood Reserve
The average annual rainfall is 400 mm . Food: surface and underground waters of the Black Sea artesian basin .
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the subject of territorial disagreements between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which the disputed territory is recognized by the international community. According to the federal structure of Russia , the subjects of the Russian Federation are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ 1 2 3 AA Lisovsky, V.A. Novik, Z.V. Timchenko, Z.R. Mustafaeva. Surface water bodies of Crimea (reference book) / AA Lisovsky. - Simferopol : Reskomvodkhoz ARK, 2004 .-- S. 35. - 114 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 966-7711-26-9 .
Sources
- Topographic map. Sheet L-37-096. 1993 edition.
- GNPP Cartography (Atlas of Geography of Ukraine ), 2003
- On the site of the Reskomvodkhoz ARC (Inaccessible link - history ) .