{{Short description|Lake in Russia}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Nichatka | native_name = {{native name list |tag1 = ru |name1 = Ничатка |tag2 = evn |name2 = нича }} | image = Nichatka ONC D-7.jpg | caption = Map section of Nichatka lake and surroundings. | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Patom Highlands<br>South Siberian System | coords = {{Coord|57|45|43|N|117|39|26|E|region:RU_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref> | pushpin_map = Russia Zabaykalsky Krai | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Far East | type = | inflow = | outflow = Sen River | catchment = {{Convert|1790|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | length = {{Convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|37.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{Convert|117|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|554|m|0|abbr=on}} | islands = None | cities = Nichatka | frozen = October to May }}
'''Nichatka''' ({{langx|ru|Ничатка}}; {{langx|evn|нича}})<ref name="SET"/> is a fresh water body in the Kalarsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The lake has an area of {{Convert|37.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|241763|Озеро Ничатка}}</ref> The name of the lake comes from the Evenki language word for "fish".<ref name="SET"/>
Nichatka is located to the northeast of the great Baikal. There are no settlements on the banks of the lake. The nearest airfield is Chara Airport.<ref name="GЕ"/>
==Geography== Nichatka is a long and narrow lake east of the gorges of the Vitim River, off the eastern limit of the Delyun-Uran Range. It stretches roughly from north to south at the southern end of the Patom Highlands and to the north of the Kodar Range.<ref name="STM">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/o-50.jpg|title=O-50 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
The Sen River, a tributary of the Chara, flows from the northern end of the lakeshore.<ref name="SET">{{cite web|url=https://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=2511|title=Nichatka - Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia (in Russian)|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> There are other deep lakes nearby, such as Oron to the southwest, but Nichatka is the deepest of the lakes of the Chara river basin.<ref name=WR>[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/2319/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C Сень - Water of Russia]</ref> The lake is frozen between October and May; in the winter the thickness of the ice my reach {{Convert|1.75|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="STM"/>
==Fauna== Among the fish species in the lake, salmon, whitefish, grayling, soroga, perch, lenok, taimen and pike, deserve mention.<ref name="SET"/>
==See also== *List of lakes of Russia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://smorodina.com/objects/ozero-nichatka Nichatka lake] (in Russian) *[https://www.chita.ru/tur/89813/ Open Kodar. Первый этап. Озеро Ничатка - Чита.Ру]
Category:Lakes of Zabaykalsky Krai