Lake Chebarkul
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| Geographical location | Chelyabinsk Oblast , Russia | |
| Tributaries | Kunguruscha | |
| Drain | Kojelga → Uwelka → Ui → Tobol → Irtysh → Ob → Arctic Ocean | |
| Places on the shore | Chebarkul | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 57 '30 " N , 60 ° 19' 45" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 319.9 m | |
| surface | 19.8 km² | |
| length | 6 km | |
| width | 4 km | |
Lake Tschebarkul ( Russian озеро Чебаркуль ) is a lake in Chelyabinsk Oblast on the eastern edge of the Urals in Russia .
geography
Lake Tschebarkul is located immediately west of the city of Tschebarkul , which is named after it , about 70 km as the crow flies west-southwest of the Chelyabinsk Oblast center and just under 20 km southeast of the city of Miass . The lake has an area of 19.8 km².
The most important tributary is the Kunguruscha from the southwest. The catchment area of the lake covers 169 km². The Kojelga , which leaves the lake in the southeast, flows into the Uwelka after 59 km and is part of the Ob river system .
traffic
The railway line Samara - Chelyabinsk - Omsk , the southern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway , and a good kilometer south of the lake, the M5 Moscow - Chelyabinsk highway runs directly along the northern shore of the lake .
Events
On February 15, 2013, the frozen lake was hit by a fragment of a meteorite that created a hole 6 to 10 meters in diameter. The stone meteorite particles found around the hole were 5 to 10 mm in size. The meteorite was named after the nearest town, Chebarkul .
On October 16, 2013, a meteorite fragment weighing approx. 570 kg was recovered from the lake deposits.
Web links
Meteorite hole
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tschebarkul in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
- ↑ Balance of the meteorite accident: cold shock after the impact
- ↑ Ученые: Фрагменты метеорита найдены у озера Чебаркуль (Russian)
- ↑ Осколок метеорита весом около 600 кг достали из озера в Челябинской области (Russian)
- ↑ Meteorite pulled from Russian lake (English)