Bolshoye Shklo (), also known as Bolshoye Shklo-Ushkaly (), is a salt lake in Kulundinsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth
The lake lies at the western end of the Krai. Konstantinovka is located by the southern lakeshore and Kulunda, the district capital, lies to the southwest of the lake. Other inhabited places nearby are Zlatopol, to the east, Mirabilit, to the south, Myshkino, to the southwest, and Smirnenkoye to the southeast.
Geography Bolshoye Shklo is located in a residual depression of the Kulunda Plain. It has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of about .
Lake Maloye Shklo lies to the SSW, Shchekulduk to the southwest, Gorkiye Kilty to the southeast, and Bolshoye Yarovoye to the northwest, close to the Russia-Kazakhstan border.
Flora and fauna The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape, cultivated fields, and a village. Artemia salina crustaceans live in the lake and are harvested for commercial purposes.Алтайская краевая универсальная научная библиотека - Кулундинский район
See also List of lakes of Russia
References
External links Соленые озера Где побывать в Алтайском крае