{{Short description|Reservoir in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia}} {{about||the protected area|Zyuratkul National Park}} {{Infobox lake | name = Zyuratkul | other_name = Зюраткуль / Йөрәккүл | image = Хребет Зюраткуль.jpg | caption = View of the Zyuratkul ridge from the shore of lake Zyuratkul | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Southern Urals | coords = {{Coord|54|55|0|N|59|12|0|E|region:RU_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref> | pushpin_map = Russia Chelyabinsk Oblast#Russia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | type = | inflow = Bolshoy Kyl | outflow = Bolshaya Satka | catchment = {{Convert|179|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = Russia | length = {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = {{Convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{Convert|178|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|3.4|m|0|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|12|m|0|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|724|m|0|abbr=on}} | islands = none | cities = | frozen = October to May }}
'''Zyuratkul''' ({{Langx|ru|Зюраткуль}}; {{langx|ba|Йөрәккүл}}) is a freshwater lake in Satkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.<ref name="SWR">[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=182621 State Water Register - Озеро Зюрат-Куль]</ref>
The name "Zyuratkul" comes from the Bashkir ''"yöräk/kul"'' (йөрәк/күл), meaning "heart/lake".<ref name="TCH">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022072251/http://www.kraeved74.ru/index.php?name=UniCatalog&pa=showunicatalog&pid=668&cid=6 Энциклопедия «От Парижа до Берлина по карте Челябинской области» (топонимика Челябинской области) Зюрат-Куль.]</ref>
In 1993 the Zyuratkul National Park, a protected area, was established in the lake and its surroundings.<ref>[https://zuratkul.ru/ Zyuratkul National Park official site]</ref>
==Geography== The lake lies at {{convert|724|m|0|abbr=on}} above mean sea level, being one of the highest lakes of the Southern Urals. It is located about {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south of the small mountain range named after it. Its southern shore stretches at the feet of the northern slopes of the larger Nurgush range.<ref name="CO">Челябинская область: Энциклопедия / гл.ред. К. Н. Бочкарёв. Ч.: Каменный пояс, 2008</ref> Previously, in its natural state, the lake was smaller and surrounded by swamps. After WWII a dam was built and the new reservoir doubled the surface area of the ancient lake.<ref>[https://nashural.ru/mesta/chelyabinskaya-oblast/zuratkul/ Nash-Ural - Озеро Зюраткуль]</ref>
The water of Zyuratkul is not as clear as is normal in high-altitude lakes. The reason is that the inflowing watercourses originate in swamps. The Bolshaya Satka, a left hand tributary of the Ay, is the outflow of the lake.<ref name="SWR"/> {| |- valign="top" |thumb|200px|Map of the lake area. |thumb|330px|Winter scene in the lake. |}
==See also== *List of lakes of Russia *Zyuratkul Geoglyph
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{commonscat inline|Zyuratkul Lake}} *[http://gorod-asha.ru/?site=fotograf&fotografiya=110&f=ozero_zjuratkul Lake Zyuratkul pictures] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://rosphoto.com/landscape_photography/puteshestviya_po_rossii-2668 Путешествия по России 35 самых красивых мест, которые должен увидеть каждый] (35 most beautiful spots in Russia)
Zyuratkul Category:Reservoirs in Russia {{ChelyabinskOblast-geo-stub}}