Dzhira

Zhira (), Dzhira () or Dzhiry (),Кулунда: сельское хозяйство и низкоэмиссионные технологии устойчивого землепользования is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth

The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Sergeyevka, to the west, Yagotinskaya, to the northeast, and Ananyevka to the southeast. Kulunda, the district capital, lies to the WSW.

There are large gypsum deposits at the lake estimated at about . The gypsum is of good quality, not containing harmful impurities and not caking during storage. At the time of the USSR the Ministry of the Medical Industry built a plant on the shore of lake Zhira for the extraction of raw gypsum. The project was, however, abandoned. The plant never began to operate and was subsequently mothballed and destroyed.

Geography Zhira is located in a residual depression of the Kulunda Plain. It is one of the largest lakes in the district, with a length of stretching from north to south. The lakeshore is fringed by salt pans, especially on the eastern side. A fairly large lone island in the middle part of the lake is across.State Water Register of the Russian Federation

Lake Gorkiye Kilty lies to the southwest, Bauzhansor to the north, Kuchuk to the east, Kulunda to the northeast, and Bolshoye Shklo to the west.

Flora and fauna The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape and cultivated fields.Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека - Кулундинский район

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