Bulunkul
Sign in to savethumb|Bulunkul Village Bulunkul is a shallow, freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan, in southeast Tajikistan, about 130 km east of the provincial capital of Khorog. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of 3900 ha with a maximum depth of 6 m. Dense vegetation covers much of its surface. It is 1.5 km from a similar lake, Yashilkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Bulunkul
- Lake.other_name
- Булункӯл
- Lake.image
- Bulunkul lake - panoramio.jpg
- Lake.alt
- Image of Bukunkul lake taken from the shoreline, with the Pamir mountains reflecting on the surface of the lake.
- Lake.location
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan
- Lake.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tajikistan
- Lake.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of Bulunkul within Tajikistan
- Lake.basin_countries
- Tajikistan
- Lake.mapframe
- yes
- Lake.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Lake.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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thumb|Bulunkul Village Bulunkul is a shallow, freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan, in southeast Tajikistan, about 130 km east of the provincial capital of Khorog. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of 3900 ha with a maximum depth of 6 m. Dense vegetation covers much of its surface. It is 1.5 km from a similar lake, Yashilkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains.
It forms part of the Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area. The lake was stocked with 37 000 gibel carp in 1967.