Lake Glubokoye (Putorana)

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The Glubokojesee (Russian Озеро Глубокое ), or Omuk - Kjuol ( Омук - Кюёль ) is about 143 km ² large lake in Putoranagebirge, the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Uplands in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia ( Asia).

Geographical location

The Glubokojesee is located approximately 315 km north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the Putoranagebirges ( max. 1701 m). He is on average 75 km east-southeast of Norilsk. Neither the lake nor in the surrounding area there are settlements, but stand on its banks in some places isbas, traditional Russian wooden huts.

The surrounding mountains are in the north Lamskiebergen to 973 m high, east in the same mountainous part to 1112 m, south-east in the Dynkengdabergen to 1177 m and south in the Imanbergen to 1135 m. While the lake from the Muksun and numerous mountain streams fed, the Glubokaja is his only outlet, the water flows over Talaja, Norilka and Pjassina the Kara Sea ( part of the Arctic Ocean ).

The approximately 49 m high lake is around 42 km long and 8.7 km wide. He is on average 16 m deep. The water temperature rarely achieved even in the summer more than 10 ° C. Its catchment area is around 4,400 km ².

In the catchment area of the Glubokojesees are in the south of the small Gudkesee and southeast Sobatschjesee with the above it gelegenem Nakomjakensee and its Nachbarsee Tonelj and also many small lakes and rivers. Outside of this area is located below the lake as Nachbarsee of, for example, fed by the Glubokaja Melkojesee.

Climate, flora and fauna

The region of the Glubokojesees is in the range of the permafrost. The lake is covered each year from early October to late June or early July of ice. On its banks, which are mostly flat and sandy in the west and expel many small lakes in the marshy hinterland, thrive boreal forests (taiga ) and on the plateau-like mountains in many places there is tundra with mosses and lichens. In the fish-rich lake living, among other perch as the perch and salmonids such as grayling and arctic char.