Maloye Yarovoye


Maloye Yarovoye is a salt lake in Slavgorod Municipality, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.
The lake is located in the northwestern part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Vladimirovka and Semyonovka, located not far from the northwestern shore. Slavgorod lies to the west. The lake is a protected area.

Geography

Located in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain, Maloye Yarovoye has a roughly circular shape with a diameter of about. The lakeshore is steep, sloping down from heights between and. The water is saline and the lake bottom has layers of sand and silt.
Lake Kulunda lies to the east, Belenkoye (Tabunsky District) to the southeast, Belenkoye (Slavgorod Municipality) to the east, Bolshoye Yarovoye to the WSW and Burlinskoye to the WNW.

Flora and fauna

Maloye Yarovoye is surrounded by steppe vegetation. There are no fish in the lake, its only aquatic fauna is the small crustacean Artemia salina.