Malye Chany

Malye Chany is a lake in Kupinsky and Zdvinsky districts, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation.
Chumashki village is located to the southwest of the lake and Novorozino to the north of the northern lakeshore.

Geography

Malye Chany is part of the Baraba Lowland, West Siberian Plain. It lies in the southern part of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve. The Chulym river enters the lake from the eastern shore. In the northwestern corner there is the Kozhurla Sound, a narrow long channel connecting with Lake Chany to the north. Lake Yarkul lies to the WNW. The lakeshore is irregular, with deep inlets in the northeast. Malye Chany freezes in late October or early November and thaws in late April or early May.
There are seasonal fluctuations in the lake level, with the surface reaching a maximum of approximately and a minimum of. The lake water is less saline than the water of Lake Chany, with a mineralization between and, reaching at low water levels.