Tenis
The lake is an Important Bird Area, especially for the Dalmatian pelican, and is part of a 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) protected area. The name is probably from teŋiz, the Siberian Tatar word for "sea".
Geography
The waters of Tenis are fresh. The western section of the lake is also known as Saltaim. Both parts are connected by an over 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) wide sound. The Tenis-Saltaim lake is the largest of the Krutinka Lake group. The Ust-Logatka and Ust-Kiterna settlements of Krutinsky District are located by the lake. The Osha river flows across Tenis and minor rivers such as the Karasuk, Balka-Sukhaya and Tleutsay flow into it. The shores are generally low, they are marshy in some places. Very close to the north lies a cluster of smaller lakes, including Synkul, Kalykul, Sazykul, Gorkoye and Achikul.
Lake Ik, the second largest lake of the group, is located nearby to the southwest.
Fauna
Among the fish species found in the waters of the Tenis/Saltaim, crucian carp, pike, zander, perch, bream and carp are worth mentioning.
See also
References
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ BirdLife Data Zone
- ^ "Большие Крутинские озёра". Wetlands of Russia. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Historical Linguistics and Philology of Central Asia Essays in Turkic and Mongolic Studies
- ^ The zooplankton and the benthos of lakes Saltaim and Tenis
- ^ Water of Russia - Тенис (in Russian)
- ^ "O-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Mukhachev IS (2018) The substantiation of the industrial pasture technology of growing commercial fish on the ecological and production potential of Saltaim Tenis Lake. International Scientific and Practical conf "Ecological readings-2018". OmGAU, Part 2, pp. 201-214