{{Short description|Lake in Siberia, Russia}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Kucherla | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = Sunset at Kucherla lake.jpg | alt = | caption = Sunset at Kucherla Lake | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Siberia | group = | coordinates = {{Coord|49|52|33|N|86|24|52|E|type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
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'''Lake Kucherla''' ({{Langx|ru|Кучерлинское}}) is located in the Altai Mountains and Katun Nature Reserve of Siberia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Darin |first1=A. V. |last2=Chu |first2=G. |last3=Sun |first3=Q. |last4=Babich |first4=V. V. |last5=Kalugin |first5=I. A. |last6=Markovich |first6=T. I. |last7=Novikov |first7=V. S. |last8=Darin |first8=F. A. |last9=Rakshun |first9=Y. V. |date=2020-09-23 |title=Archive data on climate changes and seismic events in glacial clays of Lake Kucherla (Altai region, Russia) |url=https://www.gt-crust.ru/jour/article/view/1090 |journal=Geodynamics & Tectonophysics |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=624–631 |doi=10.5800/GT-2020-11-3-0495 |issn=2078-502X|doi-access=free |bibcode=2020GeTec..11..624D }}</ref> Together with Lake Teletskoye, Belukha Mountain, and the Ukok Plateau it forms a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site entitled "Golden Mountains of Altai". It is a glacial lake.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Darin |first=Andrey |title=19th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings 19th, Energy and Clean Technologies |chapter=Layer Counting and Isotopic Analysis of the Recent Bottom Sediments of the Glacial Lake Kucherla (Russia, Gorny Altai) |date=2019-12-05 |volume=9 |chapter-url=https://epslibrary.at/sgem_jresearch_publication_view.php?page=view&editid1=6745 |doi=10.5593/sgem2019V/4.2/S06.035|isbn=978-619-7408-98-0 |chapter-url-access=subscription }}</ref>
The lake is surrounded by alpine meadows and peaks over {{convert|3000|m|ft}} high. It is situated at the height of {{convert|1790|m|ft}} above mean sea level, stretching for {{convert|4.67|km|mi}} from north to south.<ref name=":0" /> The lake area is {{convert|3|km2|sqmi}}. It is up to {{convert|54.8|m}} deep. The lake is popular with tourists and holds a stock of grayling.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Kucherla lake|Lake Kucherla|position=left}} {{portal|Siberia}} *[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/768/ Golden Mountains of Altai, Word Heritage]
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