Lake Taymyr

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Lake Taymyr is a large, remote freshwater lake in the Russian Arctic, known as one of the northernmost major lakes in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake
lake
natural geographic feature
administrativeDistrict Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District NERFINISHED
basinCountry Russia
biome Arctic tundra
climateZone Arctic NERFINISHED
connectedTo Taymyra River NERFINISHED
country Russia
drainageBasin Kara Sea NERFINISHED
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 6 metres
environmentalStatus relatively pristine
fauna Arctic char
Siberian grayling NERFINISHED
whitefish
freezingPattern freezes to great depth in winter
frozenPeriod most of the year
geologicalOrigin glacial
hasIsland multiple small islands
humanActivityLevel minimal
iceCover long-lasting
inflow Kogotykh River NERFINISHED
Nizhnyaya Taymyra River NERFINISHED
Upper Taymyra River NERFINISHED
Yamu-Tarida River NERFINISHED
length approximately 204 kilometres
locatedIn Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED
Russian Arctic NERFINISHED
Taymyr Peninsula NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Asia
maximumDepth approximately 26 metres
nearbySea Kara Sea NERFINISHED
nearestMajorSettlement Dikson (distant)
notableCharacteristic one of the largest lakes of the Russian Arctic
one of the northernmost large freshwater lakes on Earth
oneOfTheNorthernmostMajorLakes true
outflow Lower Taymyra River NERFINISHED
partOf Siberia NERFINISHED
populationDensityAroundLake very low
region Far North of Russia
remoteness high
salinity low (freshwater)
shorelineType mostly low and tundra-covered
surfaceArea approximately 4560 square kilometres
usedFor scientific research
waterType freshwater
width up to about 23 kilometres

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