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Asylykul, or Asylykul in Bashkir, is the largest lake in the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is located 27 km northwest of the city of Davlekanovo and is located in a basin between the spurs of the Belebey Upland, surrounded by mountains such as Tabulak, Ulu-Karagach, Ulutau, Belekei-Karagach, Bolshoi Nor, Malyi Nor and Zaytulyaktau. This karst-sinkhole lake is fed by mixed sources including snow, groundwater and rainfall. The water in the lake is slightly brackish with high mineralization. The l…
Инзерские зубчатки — горный хребет на Южном Урале в Белорецком районе Башкортостана, расположенный между горами Ямантау и Иремель. Назван по реке Инзер, вдоль которой тянутся зубчатые скальные вершины. Длина хребта — около 10 км, высшая точка — вершина Маяк (1161 м). Считается одним из красивейших горных хребтов Башкирии благодаря остроконечным скальным останцам, возвышающимся над тайгой. Место дикое и труднодоступное — ни баз отдыха, ни дорог. Координаты скального «замка»: 54.318° N, 58.334° E.…
In the historical center of Orenburg, at the intersection of Pobeda Avenue and Zhukov Street, there is an unusual building - a water tower. Its history begins at the beginning of the 20th century, when a city square arose on the site of a once empty space. As the city grew, the need for water sources arose, and in 1904 a small water purification building was built on this square, which could hold about 80 buckets. After the end of the Civil War in 1927, it was decided to build a water tower. Th…
Lake Shalkar-Ega-Kara, located in the east of the Svetlinsky district of the Orenburg region, is the largest body of water in the region. It has the shape of an almost perfect circle, with a diameter of about 11 kilometers and a coastline of almost 96 kilometers. The area of the lake is slightly more than 9 thousand hectares, while its average depth rarely exceeds 50 cm, although the maximum can reach 90 cm, and during a flood it can increase to four meters. The absolute height of the lake is 29…
