Burlinskoye () is a salt lake in Slavgorod municipality, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth
The lake is located at the northwestern end of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Bursol, located by the northeastern shore, and Slavgorod to the southeast. The western shore lies to the east of the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Burlinskoye is a tourist attraction owing to the seasonal pink color of its waters.VisitAltai - Озеро Бурлинское
History Table salt has been mined at the lake since 1762. At the time of the USSR a small railway was built from Bursol village in the east to the middle of the lake in order to facilitate salt extraction. The rails barely rise above the lake surface. Salt mining was interrupted in 1998 but was resumed in 2010.Why a Train Runs Directly Through This Pink Lake in Siberia
Geography Burlinskoye lies in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The lakeshore is flanked by steep between and high cliff-like banks in the north, west and south, but it is flat and swampy on the eastern side. The pink color of the lake is seasonal, small intermittent streams flow into the lake during the spring season, turning the water green and making the level of the lake rise.Google MapsБурленское озеро — Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
Lake Bolshoye Yarovoye lies to the SSE, Peschanoye to the NNE, Bolshoye Topolnoye to the northwest and Maloye Yarovoye to the ESE. Bolshoy Azhbulat lies in Kazakhstan, to the WNW.
Flora There are no aquatic plants in the lake. Clubmoss and sedges, such as Cyperus fuscus and Blysmus rufus grow in some areas near the shore.Заметки по осоковым Алтайского края
See also List of lakes of Russia Pink lake
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Peculiarities of Macrozoobenthos in Lakes of Different Mineralization of the Southern Section of the Ob-Irtysh Interfluve Бурлинское озеро — Алтайская краевая универсальная Exquisite photos of Siberia's candy pink lake — New East Digital Archive