Kamchatka nature, water bodies
lakes

are formed in the places of break-ups and the earth's crust shift
are formed in the places of break-ups and the earth's crust shift
The bottom of such lakes is situated lower the ocean level.
Lake Kurilskoye and Dalneye belong to tectonic lakes.
Kurilskoye Lake is situated in the South of Kamchatka in a deep picturesque hollow, surrounded with mountains.
The biggest depth of the lake is 306 m. Its coasts are precipitous.
The lake is waste; it originates the river Osernaya.
On coasts of lake, on its surface you can see hot wells, and in the middle of the lake towers up the island the name of which "Heart - stone".
Not far from the lake is located the unique exposure of pumices which are called Kuhtini Bati
Now the lake is declared to be a zoological sanctuary and memorial of nature.

The big group of lakes is situated, as a rule on valleys of the rivers.
They are formed as a result of flooding by waters of the lowered sites of flood-lands.
Water in these lakes is muddy, contains a plenty of organic substances and differs a little from the river water.
A rather large lake Ozhibachje is situated in low-lands of the Kamchatka river in 46 kms from its mouth: the area of a surface 62,5 sq. km, the length is 13 kms, and the biggest depth is 33,5 m.

Caldera, crater, by their origin and some characteristics can be named unique.
Caldera, crater, by their origin and some characteristics can be named unique.
To lava-retaining lakes belongs one of two largest fresh-water lakes of the peninsula-Kronozkoye.
Its area is 242 sq. km.; the average depth is 51m. The maximal depth is 148m.
The lake is waste; it originates the river Kronotskaja.
The thickness of ice during wintertime is up to 1 m
The lake is situated in the Kronozkiy biospheric reserve.

Estuary, lagoon, bay lakes, as a rule, are confined to the coasts.
They are larger than the former riverbeds and are the separated sea lagoons; these lakes are separated from the sea by sand-and-shingle crosspieces.
Their coasts are low, boggy.
Water in these lakes is saltish.
The relic lakes are close to the lagoon lakes. The relic lakes have stood apart and freshened sea gulfs.

The most numerous group of lakes.
They form the congestions on extensive peat bogs of the Western - Kamchatka lowland, seaside lowlands of the east coast and on the territory of the Parapolskiy dole.
They are small, have round form with abrupt steep coast, with muddy water.
In the summer their surface get warmed thoroughly, but on depth water always remains cold.

Dam lakes are distributed in places of an ancient congelation of the Central range
They are very various in their size and an arrangement.
Water in these lakes is mineralized a little, extremely transparent and very tasty
In spurs of the Central range in 80км. from the city Kluchi lays the lake Dvuhjurtochnoe

A dam of the lake is the final moraine of an ancient glacial age.
The lake lies 271 m. high adove the sea level, its bank length is 20 km.its depth goes down to 26 m.
The lake is waste, spawning.
This is the largest lake of the Glacial age in Kamchatka.

О. seal

552

sea
lagoonal-estuary

The easten coast:
The Ust-Kamchatsk region

Kronotskoe lake

245

volcanic
lava-retaining

The easten coast
The Kronotsky preserve

Kurilskoye lake

77,1

volcanicBR> (caldera)

The South of Kamchatka:
The Ust-Bolsheretsky region    

Ozhibachye lake

63,9

sea
lagoonal-estuary
(relic)

The Ust-Bolsheretsky region
flood lands of Kamchatka river

Palanskoye lake

28

lava-retaining    

The westen coast:
Tigil, Palana river valley

Potat Gytchyn lake

27

glacial

The Eastern coast
the Olutorsky region

Kharchinskoye lake

26,4

flood land (relic)

The Ust-Kamchatsky region
the area between the river Eylovka     и Камчатка

Dvuyurtochnoye lake

12,6

glacial

The Eastern coast:
The Ust-Kamchatsky region

Dalneye lake

1,7

tectonic

The Elizovo region:
settlement Paratunka

Troizkiy Crater lake

-

crater

The Eastern coast:
The Ust-Kamchatsky region