Ay-Kul
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Ay-Kul (; ; ), also called Oydinkul, is a small freshwater landslide dam in the Turkestan Range mountains in Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Tajikistan. The lake was formed after a massive landslide blocked the flow of the Ay-Kul Creek.
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- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Leilek District
- Area
- 0.82
- Elevation
- 2938
- Width
- 0.5
- Length
- 3.5
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Ay-Kul (; ; ), also called Oydinkul, is a small freshwater landslide dam in the Turkestan Range mountains in Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Tajikistan. The lake was formed after a massive landslide blocked the flow of the Ay-Kul Creek.
Ay-Kul is located approximately km south of Razzakov. It has a surface elevation of and covers an area of . There are no paved roads leading to Ay-Kul, and the lake lake is a popular destination for local hikers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ay-Kul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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