Spread of unique lakes in the territory of Yakutia

The article considers the distribution of unique lakes in the territory of Yakutia. The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is one of the most lake regions in Russia. Since 1978, the Laboratory of Lake Science of the Yakut State University, later North-Eastern Federal University, has been engaged in scientific research of the lakes of Yakutia for many years under the scientific supervision of the famous geographer-limnologist, Ph.D., Professor I.I. Zhirkov, which is known among lake scientists of Russia and the world as the Yakut school of Limnology. As a result, a landscape-limnogenetic classification of lakes by types of basin origin was compiled, hydrological and morphometric parameters were identified, lake resources were determined, including "unique lakes" [1]. Unique lakes are a group of specially protected lakes that represent great economic, social and aesthetic value for current and future generations. The list of 26 unique lakes was determined by Decree of the President of the RS (Ya) dated 08/16/2004 No. 836 [2]. The unique lakes of Yakutia are mainly considered in the ecological aspect as specially protected natural objects. The relevance of this article lies in the geographical approach to identify the uniqueness, natural features of the unique lakes of Yakutia. A comprehensive geographical description provides a general physical and geographical characteristic of each unique lake, depending on its geographical location, natural features, accessibility, natural and economic significance for the economy, population, conservation status, etc. The landscape approach to the spatial analysis of the distribution of lakes was reflected in the consideration of the distribution of unique lakes across the physico-geographical provinces of Yakutia.