Bura (; ) is a salt lake in Sharbakty District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan,Об утверждении перечня рыбохозяйственных водоемов местного значения Павлодарской области with a small part in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia.
Lake Bura is located at the Russia-Kazakhstan border, to the east of Syntas village and approximately northwest of Kulunda village in Russia. Sharbakty, the Kazakh district capital, lies roughly to the southwest.
Geography Bura lies in a tectonic depression of the Kulunda Plain. The Kazakhstan–Russia border runs diagonally off the shore across the northeastern end. Most of the lake is within Kazakhstan, but a broad segment of lake Bura lies within Russian territory.
The lake has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of about . The western and southern lakeshore sections are fringed by salt marshes.Google EarthKazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty " Kazakh Encyclopedia" General editor, 1998 , Volume VI
Lake Maraldy lies to the southwest, Shchekulduk to the southeast, and Bolshoye Yarovoye to the northeast, the latter two on the other side of the border.
Flora and fauna Lake Bura is surrounded by steppe vegetation and cultivated fields.
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan List of lakes of Russia
References
External links
Hydrochemical Research and Geochemical Classification of Salt Lakes in the Pavlodar Region