Yashikul
Sign in to saveYashilkul (; ) is a freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in southeast Tajikistan, about east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of with a maximum depth of . It lies from a similar lake, Bulunkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains. The lake forms part of the Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Yashilkul
- Body of water.image
- Jaschilkul.jpg
- Body of water.alt
- Yashilkul seen from shoreline
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- Yashilkul
- Body of water.location
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan
- Body of water.type
- lake
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan
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- Location of lake in Tajikistan.
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Body of water.mapframe wikidata
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 35.6
- Elevation
- 3734
- Image
- Jaschilkul.jpg
- Width
- 3.3
- Length
- 20
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- vertical depth
- 52
- watershed area
- 5000
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- Yashilkul
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Yashilkul (; ) is a freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in southeast Tajikistan, about east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of with a maximum depth of . It lies from a similar lake, Bulunkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains. The lake forms part of the Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area.
==References==
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2 mapped locations