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Lake Prespa

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Lake Prespa

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Also known as Prespa lakes

lakes in Southeastern Europe

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Lake Prespa is a large freshwater lake located in Southeastern Europe, shared by Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia. It is ecologically important as a habitat for diverse wildlife, particularly birds and fish species that depend on the lake's waters and surrounding ecosystem.

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The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided among the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greece. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans, at an elevation of 853 metres (2,799 ft).

The area contains three national parks: Galičica National Park in North Macedonia, Prespa National Park in Albania, and Prespa National Park in Greece. The largest town in the region is Resen in North Macedonia. In 2014, Ohrid-Prespa Transboundary Biosphere Reserve between Albania and North Macedonia was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Prespa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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