Inder (Bagan basin)

For the lake in Kazakhstan, see Inder (lake).

Inder (Russian: Индерь) is a lake in Dovolensky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation.^[1]

Inder
Индерь
Inder lake Sentinel-2 image
Inder Show map of Novosibirsk Oblast Inder Show map of Russia
Location	Baraba Steppe West Siberian Plain
Coordinates	54°30′04″N 79°59′04″E
Type	fluvial lake
Primary inflows	Bagan
Primary outflows	Bagan
Catchment area	1,110 square kilometers (430 sq mi)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi)
Max. width	5.1 kilometers (3.2 mi)
Surface area	18.5 square kilometers (7.1 sq mi)
Max. depth	3 meters (9.8 ft)
Residence time	UTC+7
Surface elevation	137 meters (449 ft)
Islands	Yes
Settlements	Dovolnoye

The lake lies in the southern sector of the Oblast. Inder village is located a little north of the northern shore and Dovolnoye town, the district capital, 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) to the west of the western shore.^[2]

Geography

Inder lies in the Baraba Steppe, part of the West Siberian Plain. The Bagan river flows through the lake entering it from the northeast and flowing out of it from the western end. The western half of the lake is shallow and swampy, encumbered by aquatic vegetation. There are also a few large islands. Counting the marshy areas in the west and in the south the lake is 13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi) long and 6.2 kilometers (3.9 mi) wide. Lake Uryum lies 78 kilometers (48 mi) to the west, and Itkul 81 kilometers (50 mi) to the northeast.^[3][4][5]

Flora and fauna

Reeds and sphagnum grow by the lakeshore. Cultivated fields, some of them abandoned, surround the lake. There are as well some areas of steppe vegetation with sedges and grasses. The lake is an important protected area for birds. It is part of the Indersky Ryam, a 1,714 hectares (4,240 acres) wetland site, where several waterfowl, including the bean goose, have been recorded nesting. 12 species of birds in the lake area are rare and endangered.^[6]

The fish species in lake Inder include sig, crucian carp and Eurasian carp. Peled were released in the lake years ago.^[5]

See also

• List of lakes of Russia