Lake Smaller Ritsa, located in Abkhazia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows.
Lake Smaller Ritsa | |
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Coordinates | 43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°E |
Basin countries | Abkhazia |
Max. length | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
Max. width | 290 m (950 ft) |
Surface area | .095 km2 (0.037 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 76 m (249 ft) |
Surface elevation | 1,235 m (4,052 ft) |
Geography edit
The lake located at the Pshegishkha (2217 m) mountain bottom at the height of 1235 m,[1] to the east from Gagra Ridge in the Iupshara River basin, 5 kilometers to the west from the lake Big Ritsa. Feeds by snow, rain and underground water. The length of the Smaller Ritsa is 530 m and the width is 290 m. Maximum depth of the lake is 76 m. Surface area is 0,095 km2 (37 sq mi). In the lake lives trout.
See also edit
Sources edit
- I. Abkhazava, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 7, p. 709, Tbilisi., 1984 year.
References edit
- ^ "Lake Smaller Ritsa" (in Georgian). Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2012-07-30.