Kanurka lake

Lake Kanurka is located in the Republic of Kalmykia, in the Yashkul district, a few kilometers from the village of Chilgir. The lake was formed in 1974 as a result of the natural process of filling with water. Kanurgka covers an area of about 820 hectares, the depth on average is 2.1 meters, the maximum point is about 6.3 meters. The shores near Lake Kanurka are gentle, the length of the reservoir is 3.1 kilometers, the width is slightly more than one and a half kilometers.

Nutrition of the lake is due to the receipt of drainage and discharge water of the Chernozemel irrigation canal. In summer, the lake becomes shallow due to a slight replenishment of the water system. Kanurka in the warm season quickly overgrown with phytoplankton and zooplankton, from the lake vegetation is dominated by reed, horn, hornworm, and crest. In the reservoir there are about fifteen species of fish, mainly carp, carp, perch, pike.