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The water and hydrochemical balance of Shira and Itkul lakes, located in the arid (steppe) zone in the Republic of Khakassia (Russian Federation), has been calculated. It is shown that Lake Itkul can be considered a drained lake, which significantly determines the basic differences of the hydrochemical balance in the two water bodies. The outflow of water from Itkul to Shira is, on average, 6791000 m3/year, and the average outflow of dissolved salts is 35697 t/year. Lake Shira can be considered a drainless water body with an evaporation mechanism of formation of the chemical composition of its waters, and Lake Itkul is considered a flowing water reservoir. The salt concentration in Itkul is not as high as that in Shira due to the lower influence of evaporation on the formation of the chemical composition of waters and time of their interaction. It has been assumed that this phenomenon is regular, rather than exceptional, for the arid zone of Northern and Central Asia.
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Original Russian Text © N.V. Guseva, O.G. Savichev, 2016, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 5, pp. 718–728.
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Guseva, N.V., Savichev, O.G. Hydrochemical balance of Itkul–Shira lake system (Khakassia, Russian Federation). Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 9, 590–599 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425516050061
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