Nichatka
Ничатка / нича
Map section of Nichatka lake and surroundings.
Nichatka is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Nichatka
Nichatka
LocationPatom Highlands
South Siberian System
Coordinates57°45′43″N 117°39′26″E / 57.76194°N 117.65722°E / 57.76194; 117.65722[1]
Primary outflowsSen River
Catchment area1,790 km2 (690 sq mi)
Basin countriesZabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Max. length27 km (17 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)
Surface area37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi)
Max. depth117 m (384 ft)
Surface elevation554 m (1,818 ft)
FrozenOctober to May
IslandsNone
SettlementsNichatka

Nichatka (Russian: Ничатка; Evenki: нича)[2] is a fresh water body in the Kalarsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The lake has an area of 37.3 km2 (14.4 sq mi).[3] The name of the lake comes from the Evenki language word for "fish".[2]

Nichatka is located to the northeast of the great Baikal. There are no settlements on the banks of the lake. The nearest airfield is Chara Airport.[1]

Geography

Nichatka is a long and narrow lake east of the gorges of the Vitim River, off the eastern limit of the Delyun-Uran Range. It stretches roughly from north to south at the southern end of the Patom Highlands and to the north of the Kodar Range.[4]

The Sen River, a tributary of the Chara, flows from the northern end of the lakeshore.[2] There are other deep lakes nearby, such as Oron to the southwest, but Nichatka is the deepest of the lakes of the Chara river basin.[5] The lake is frozen between October and May; in the winter the thickness of the ice my reach 1.75 m (5.7 ft).[4]

Fauna

Among the fish species in the lake, salmon, whitefish, grayling, soroga, perch, lenok, taimen and pike, deserve mention.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google Earth
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nichatka - Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia (in Russian)". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Озеро Ничатка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  4. 1 2 "O-50 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Сень - Water of Russia
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