Bauzhansor


Bauzhansor or Baudzhansor is a salt lake in Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.
The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Yagotinskaya, Telmansky and Yelizavetgrad. Blagoveshchenka, the district capital, lies to the ENE. The border with Tabunsky District runs along the western lakeshore.

Geography

Located in the Kulunda Plain, Bauzhansor is kidney-shaped. It stretches for approximately from north to south. The shores are fringed by salt pans. The mud of the lake is used locally for medicinal purposes.
Lake Kuchuk lies to the east, Kulunda to the northeast, Zhigilda to the NNW, and Dzhira to the south.

Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape and cultivated fields. The small crustaceans Artemia salina live in the lake and are periodically harvested for commercial purposes.