Burlinskoye

Table salt has been mined at the lake since 1762. At the time of the USSR a small railway was built from Bursol village in the east to the middle of the lake in order to facilitate salt extraction. The rails barely rise above the lake surface. Salt mining was interrupted in 1998 but was resumed in 2010.^[4][5]

Burlinskoye lies in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain. The lakeshore is flanked by steep between 3 meters (9.8 ft) and 5 meters (16 ft) high cliff-like banks in the north, west and south, but it is flat and swampy on the eastern side. The pink color of the lake is seasonal, small intermittent streams flow into the lake during the spring season, turning the water green and making the level of the lake rise.^[6][4]

Lake Bolshoye Yarovoye lies 23 kilometers (14 mi) to the SSE, Peschanoye 26 kilometers (16 mi) to the NNE, Bolshoye Topolnoye 24 kilometers (15 mi) to the northwest and Maloye Yarovoye 43 kilometers (27 mi) to the ESE. Bolshoy Azhbulat lies in Kazakhstan, 57 kilometers (35 mi) to the WNW.^[2]

There are no aquatic plants in the lake. Clubmoss and sedges, such as Cyperus fuscus and Blysmus rufus grow in some areas near the shore.^[7]

• List of lakes of Russia
• Pink lake