Tandovo

Tandovo is a lake in Barabinsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, south-central Russia.
Its waters are slightly saline. The Sugun Peninsula is a tongue of land projecting into the northern end of the lake from the northeastern shore. It is a protected area where rare plants grow.

Geography

With an area of Tandovo is one of the largest lakes in Novosibirsk Oblast. It is located in the Baraba Lowland, the southern sector of the West Siberian Plain, SW of Barabinsk. The lake lies to the north of the northeastern end of Lake Chany, in the endorheic basin between the Ob and Irtysh rivers. In the northern half of the lake, the long and wide Sugun Peninsula almost cuts Lake Tandovo in two.
The banks of Lake Tandovo are clifflike in places, reaching heights of to. The Tandovka River flows into the eastern shore of the lake. Its waters freeze in early November and the lake stays under ice until May.