Wednesday, August 2, 2017

The salt deserts of Crimea


Desert landscapes of the eastern Crimea are rarely visited by tourists. And although there are no deserts and semi-deserts in the Crimea as natural zones, there is a completely different feeling in these places.True, these deserts are saline ...


Where did the huge flat areas, stretching to the horizon and covered with a layer of salt, originate in the Crimea?
All this dry out in the hot summer months completely or partially salty lakes – Tobechikskoe, Koyashskoe, Chokrashskoe, Uzunlarskoe and others


On the banks of these amazing salt lakes-deserts, you can meet amazing drawings created by the retreat of water under the pressure of summer heat.



But gradually the salt is blown up by the winds, and those places that still had an even white color a month ago turn out to be covered with cracked dried silt ...
A salt wind carries for many kilometers around, covering the surrounding steppes and fields.


Cracks in the Crimean desert. Koiashskoe Lake in July



Viscous surface of dry Tobechikskoe Lake. Hence the salt has already moved by the wind to the surrounding steppes, exposing a layer of therapeutic clay.


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