Lake Chebarkul

{{Infobox body of water

| name = Chebarkul Lake

| native_name ={{native name|ru|озеро Чебаркуль}}

| image = Chebarkul_Lake_3.jpg

| caption =

| image_bathymetry = Lake Chebarkul in Ob watershed.png

| caption_bathymetry = Lake Chebarkul located within the Ob River watershed

| location = Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

| coords = {{Coord|54|57|36|N|60|19|48|E|type:waterbody_region:RU|display=inline,title}}

| type =

|pushpin_map=Russia

| inflow = Elovka River

| outflow = Koelga River, a small tributary of the Tobol{{cite web|url= http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=195141|title= Lake Chebarkul|author= |date= |work= State Water Register|publisher= |accessdate= 17 February 2013|language= Russian|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928084658/http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=195141|archive-date= 28 September 2013|url-status= dead}}

| catchment = {{convert|169|km2|abbr=on}}

| basin_countries = Russia

| length =

| width =

| area = {{convert|19.8|km2|abbr=on}}

| depth =

| max-depth = {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}}

| volume = {{convert|0.154|km3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

| residence_time =

| shore =

| elevation = {{convert|320|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}[http://www.chebarcul.ru/portal/site/index/chebarcul/about Official site of Chebarkul] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903213605/http://www.chebarcul.ru/portal/site/index/chebarcul/about/ |date=2011-09-03 }}. Retrieved February 17, 2013. In Russian.[https://archive.today/20130418000048/http://slovari.yandex.ru/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C/%D0%91%D0%A1%D0%AD/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%20(%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE) Cherbarkul (Lake)] - an article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. (In Russian, retrieved 2013-02-17.)

| frozen=November until April

| islands = 7

| cities = Chebarkul

}}

Lake Chebarkul ({{Langx|ru|озеро Чебаркуль}}) is a lake in Chebarkulsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the slopes of the southern Urals. The town of Chebarkul lies on its eastern shore, and Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, is located about {{convert|70|km|mi}} to the northeast. The name of the lake, and the city of the same name, comes from Turkic and means "Beautiful, colorful lake."

Mostly fed by snowmelt from mountain streams, the lake freezes in November and stays icebound until April. The lake is the source of the Koelga River, which in turn flows into the Uvelka, Uy, Tobol, Irtysh, and Ob Rivers. The Ob finally empties into the Arctic Ocean.

There are several wooded islands, including Grachev, Golets, the Ribatskies, and Korablik Islands. The Krutik, Marin and Nazarychev peninsulas extend into the lake. Rest homes and sanatoria are located on the shores. Lake Chebarkul is the largest of several lakes in the region, which collectively take on the name "Chebarkulsky lakes."

Fish that can be found in the lake include tench, carp, crucian carp, bream, pike, and perch.

2013 Chelyabinsk meteorite impact

On 15 February 2013, local fishermen found a hole in the ice where a large fragment from the 2013 Russian meteor event likely struck the frozen lake.{{cite news|title=Meteorite fell into Chebarkul lake – Russian governor|url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_15/Meteorite-fell-into-Chebarkul-lake-Russian-governor/|accessdate=15 February 2013|newspaper=The Voice of Russia|date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218041353/http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_15/Meteorite-fell-into-Chebarkul-lake-Russian-governor/|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}} The hole was circular, and about {{convert|6|m|ft}} across.{{cite news|last=Englund|first=Will|title=Meteorite injures more than 900 in Russian city|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/meteorite-injures-more-than-900-in-russian-city/2013/02/15/ff67c624-7770-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html|accessdate=15 February 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|date=15 February 2013}} Police immediately cordoned off this site, as well as one other possible impact site in the area of the lake, but scientists and interested people streamed to the area to investigate.{{cite web|url= http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_18/Chelyabinsk-meteor-lake-to-become-a-must-see/|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130417131258/http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_18/Chelyabinsk-meteor-lake-to-become-a-must-see/|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 17, 2013|title= Chelyabinsk meteor lake to become a must-see|last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher= Voice of Russia, RIA, TASS, Interfax, RT|accessdate= February 18, 2013}}

In the days after the impact, black fragments of rock were found around the hole, which scientists from Ural Federal University suspect are meteorite fragments, and composed of about 10% iron.{{cite news|title=Stay away from meteorites, government tells Russians|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Stay_away_from_meteorites_government_tells_Russians_999.html|accessdate=17 February 2013|newspaper=Space Daily|date=15 February 2013|agency=AFP|location=Moscow}}{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/world/europe/russian-scientists-say-they-found-meteorite-fragments.html?_r=0|title= Russian Scientists Say They Found Meteorite Fragments|last1= Kramer|first1= Andrew E.|last2= Barry|first2= Ellen|date= February 18, 2013|work= New York Times|accessdate=February 18, 2013}} News story contains photographs of meteorite fragments. Months later, divers found a large meteorite fragment on the lakebed, and it was dredged to the surface on October 16, 2013. This fragment weighed about {{convert|570|kg|lb}}.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

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File:Chebarkul meteorite sample.jpg|Scientists found meteorite samples on the ice of frozen Lake Chebarkul.

File:Chebarkul meteorite sample on lake ice.jpg|The meteorite fragments are about 10% iron.

File:Strewnfield map of Chelyabinsk meteorites.jpg|Map showing places where meteorite fragments were found, including Lake Chebarkul.

References

Category:Lakes of Chelyabinsk Oblast

Lake Chebarkul

2013 Chelyabinsk meteorite impact

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