Maloye Yarovoye

Maloye Yarovoye (Малое Яровое) is a salt lake in Slavgorod Municipality, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.

The lake is located in the northwestern part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Vladimirovka and Semyonovka, located not far from the northwestern shore. Slavgorod lies 28 km to the west. The lake is a protected area.

Geography
Located in the Kulunda Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain, Maloye Yarovoye has a roughly circular shape with a diameter of about 7 km. The lakeshore is steep, sloping down from heights between 3 m and 5 m. The water is saline and the lake bottom has layers of sand and silt.

Lake Kulunda lies 13 km to the east, Bolshoye Yarovoye 31 km to the WSW and Burlinskoye 43 km to the WNW.

Flora and fauna
Maloye Yarovoye is surrounded by steppe vegetation. There are no fish in the lake, its only aquatic fauna is the small crustacean Artemia salina.