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There are glacial lakes on the
territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Their number is the largest. They are
located in the highest parts of the country, in the highest mountains between
the attitudes of 1,500 meters and 2,300 meters above the sea level. They are
usual small, with from of a circle, lakes that contain clear and clean
blue-green water. That's why they are known as "Gorski Oci" - Mountain
Eyes.
There are 39 glacial lakes on the
Šar Mountain, of which 27 belongs to Macedonia. Of those 27, 8 are temporary and
19 are always filled with water. As largest and most important are: Bogovinsko,
Crno, Belo, Golem Gjol, Mal Gjol, Krivošinsko lake, Golemo Dedelbeško, Malo
Dedelbeško, Gorno Dobroško and Dolno Dobroško. The Bogovinsko lake is the
biggest one and covers an area of 67,000 sq meters. It's depth is 2,2 meters and
length 452 meters and width 225 meters. It is located of 1,960 meters above the
sea level.
On the Baba mountain near the
highest peak Pelister 2,600 meters above the sea level, there are two glacial
lakes: Golemo Lake and Malo Lake. The lake Golemo (on the picture), is settled
at an attitude of 2,218 meters above the sea level and it's length is 223, and
width 162 meters. It's depth is 14,6 meters. It is the deepest glacial lake in
Macedonia and the water it gets from the rains.
On the Jablanica mountain settled
in the eastern part of the Ohrid lake, there are 4 glacial lakes: Podgorsko,
Vevčansko, Gorno Labuniško and Dolno Labuniško. The largest lake is Podgorsko. |
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