The northern bank of a large brackish (calcium and magnium carbonates) Lake Zun-Torei, residing in Dahurian (S Transbaikalian) short-grass steppes. The lake flutcuate down to almost dissapearing with a cycle about 30 years, now it's on the maximum. The

Daurian Nature Reservation, S Chita Region, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 9th August 1997. O. Kosterin.