Russian-language article (translation in progress).
Natural monument (1947), reserve (1980). Stretched out southeast, Donuzlav has the large area and is the deepest lake in the Crimea. Donuzlav in it's origin is the sea-bay, separated from the sea by the sand embankment, 200-600 m wide. The lake is salty. In the upper reaches it so narrows and grows shallow that resembles river; it's waters are fresh with spring water.
