Petukhovo (), also known as Petukhovskoye (), is an alkaline lakeсостав рассолов и минеральная зональность донных отложений содовых озер КулундинскОЙ степИ (Западная Сибирь) in Klyuchevsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth
The lake is located at the western edge of the Krai. The Russia-Kazakhstan border lies to the southwest. The nearest inhabited places are Petukhi, close to the southern shore, and Makarovka, near the northwestern end. Klyuchi, the district capital, lies to the west.Google Maps - Ozero Petukhovo
Geography Located in the Kulunda Plain, Petukhovo has an irregular shape, stretching roughly from northwest to southeast for approximately . In the north and northwest the lake is bound by a to high shore, while the eastern and southeastern shores have up to high cliffs. Silt deposits at the bottom of the lake reach a thickness of in the central part. The minerals in the bottom sediments are dominated by terrigenous quartz, feldspars, excess-Ca dolomite, and Mg-calcite, with the proportion of carbonates increasing in the lower part of the section. The water has a mineralization of and a pH of 9.5.
Lake Shukyrtuz lies to the north and Kurichye to the south. to the southwest there is another smaller lake named Petukhovo, west of Severka.
Flora and fauna The lake is surrounded by deforested steppe landscape of low hills.Озеро Петухово
See also List of lakes of Russia
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Ключевский район - Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека Biota of hyperhaline lakes of the south of Western Siberia