{{Short description|Lake in Buryatia, Russia}} {{about||the footballer|Umberto Busani}} {{Infobox lake | name = Busani | other_name = Бусани | image =Busani 2022-10-28-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg | caption = Sentinel-2 image of the lake in October. | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Vitim Plateau<br>South Siberian System | coords = {{Coord|55|20|30|N|113|30|42|E|region:RU_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Russia Buryatia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Buryatia, Russian Far East | type = | inflow = Tsipa, Mogoi | outflow = Tsipa | catchment = {{Convert|241|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = Buryatia, Russia | length = {{Convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|8.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|36.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{Convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|1050|m|0|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = Uakit, Busani, Baunt | frozen = }} '''Busani''' ({{langx|ru|Бусани}}) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|238970|Озеро Бусани}}</ref> The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "where people drown".<ref name="AM">[https://artdoc.media/ru/movie/busani__zabytyy_ostr_2018_22/ Бусани. Забытый остров]</ref>
There are spectacular rock formations on the southeastern shore of lake Busani. It was declared a protected area of Russia on 25 July 1988.<ref name="OOT">{{cite web|url=http://oopt.aari.ru/oopt/%D0%9E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE-%D0%91%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8|title=Lake Busani — PAs of Russia|access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>
==Geography==
Busani is one of the major lakes of the Baunt Depression, below the southern foothills of the Southern Muya Range.<ref name="ЭСБЕ">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article112791.html Busani] / ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.</ref> The lake area belongs to the "Tsipo-Tsipikansky" (Ципо-Ципиканских) lake group —named after rivers Tsipa and Tsipikan, which is also known as Bauntovsky (Баунтовских) —after neighboring lake Baunt.<ref name="WM">[https://ozera.info/russia/so/buryatia/busani-2 Catalog of lakes - Busani]</ref>
The lake is located at the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau, east of lake Baunt. It is a triangular-shaped lake, crossed by the Mogoi river, which connects it with river Tsipa.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref><ref name="STM">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-49.jpg|title=N-49 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> On the southwestern coast there is a hot spring.<ref>[http://reass.ru/resort/114-respublika-buryatiya-ozero-busani-termalnyy-istochnik.html Республика Бурятия. Озеро Бусани, термальный источник]</ref>
The middle of the lake has a section stretching from north to south of irregular-shaped islands and peninsulas with deeply indented shorelines. The village of Busani is located in that area.<ref name="GЕ"/> {| |- valign="top" |[[File:Скалы Три брата027.png|thumb|300px|The Three Brothers rock formation near the Busani lakeshore.]] |}
==Flora and fauna== The bottom of the lake is covered with dense aquatic plant growth. Water lilies rise above the surface in the warm season.<ref name="ЭСБЕ"/> The hills surrounding the lake, as well as the islands, are covered with Dahurian larch, Dahurian rhododendron and dwarf cedar.
The lake is rich in fish species, such as ruffe, grayling and Arctic char.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-sampling-sites-black-circle-in-the-Baunt-Lake-system_fig1_259866473 Morphological, ecological and mtDNA sequence variation in coregonid fish from the Baunt Lake system (the Vitim River basin)]</ref>
==See also== *List of lakes of Russia
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{commons category inline}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bNd0Y2Ct1o В поисках озера Бусани] Fishing *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYhtbDYgE_E «Бусани. Забытый остров»] *[https://goodhotels.ru/en/kakie-vidy-sportivnogo-turizma-razvivayutsya-v-buryatii/ Geography of tourism in the Republic of Buryatia] Busani