Lake Smaller Ritsa

Lake Smaller Ritsa
Lake Smaller Ritsa
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	Lake Smaller Ritsa
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)

Lake Smaller Ritsa, located in

subalpine meadows

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Geography

The lake located at the Pshegishkha (2217 m) mountain bottom at the height of 1235 m,

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

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Sources

I. Abkhazava, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 7, p. 709, Tbilisi., 1984 year.

References

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