What is Kuril Lake?

Information about Kuril Lake

Kurile Lake
LocationKamchatka Peninsula
CoordinatesCoordinates:
Lake typecrater lake
Basin countriesRussia
Surface area77 km²
Average depth176 m
Max depth306 m


Kurile Lake
Elevation81 metres (266 feet)
LocationKamchatka, Russia
Coordinates
TypeCaldera
Last eruption6440 BC ± 25 years


Kurile Lake (Russian: Курильское озеро) is a large caldera containing a crater lake located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It has an area of 77 km², an average depth of 176 m, and a maximum depth of 306 m. It the largest spawning ground for sockeye salmon in Eurasia (if not in the world).

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Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater, caldera, or maar. Incoming precipitation fills the depression to form a deepening lake, until an equilibrium is reached between the rate of water coming in and the rate of water loss due to evaporation, subsurface drainage, and
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A drainage basin is a region of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surfaces from
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summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically speaking, a summit is a local maximum in elevation.
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Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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Mountains can be characterized in several ways. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape.
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caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. They are often confused with volcanic craters. The word 'caldera' comes from the Spanish language, meaning "cauldron".
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Volcano:
1. Large magma chamber
2. Bedrock
3. Conduit (pipe)
4. Base
5. Sill
6. Branch pipe
7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano
8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano
10. Throat
11. Parasitic cone
12. Lava flow
13. Vent
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Russian 
Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)  
Official status
Official language of:  Abkhazia (Georgia)
 Belarus
 Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
 Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. They are often confused with volcanic craters. The word 'caldera' comes from the Spanish language, meaning "cauldron".
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crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater, caldera, or maar. Incoming precipitation fills the depression to form a deepening lake, until an equilibrium is reached between the rate of water coming in and the rate of water loss due to evaporation, subsurface drainage, and
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Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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O. nerka

Binomial name
Oncorhynchus nerka
(Walbaum, 1792)

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon or blueback salmon
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Eurasia is an immense landmass covering about 53,990,000 km² (or about 10.6%) of the Earth's surface. Often reckoned as a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are
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