Surface area 2.4 km (0.93 sq mi) Surface elevation 1,870 m Volume 1.6 km³ | Max. depth 74 m (243 ft) Area 240 ha | |
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Water volume 1.6 km (1,300,000 acre·ft) | ||
Lake Kezenoy-am (Lake Goluboye, Russian: Кезенойам, Голубое; Chechen: Къоьзана Iaм) is the deepest lake in the Caucasus Mountains, mostly in Chechnya but partly in Dagestan in the Russian Federation. It goes through Andiyskiy Khrebet (Andian Ridge). It is situated at an altitude of 1870 m above sea level and fills an area of 2.4 km². The maximum depth of the lake is 74 m. In winter the surface of the lake freezes and in summer the water temperature is around 5 °C. The lake water has a year-round supply of oxygen in which plankton survive. Salmo ezenami, a rare species of trout, are native only to the lake; however, their population is threatened with extinction due to the introduction of European chubs (Squalius cephalus) which consume the fry of the Salmo.
Contents
- Map of Lake Kezenoyam Chechnya Russia 366334
- Ownership
- name
- Geographic data and origins
- water Temperature
- Tourism and rest
- sport
- Flora and fauna
- research
- References
Map of Lake Kezenoyam, Chechnya, Russia, 366334
Ownership
According to the regulations on land management, Dagestan owns two-thirds of the lake area. However,Archaeological findings and historical and architectural structures such as the Chechen fighting and residential towers, including unique in its medieval Chechen Castle Aldama, Gezi, sanctuaries, crypts, ancient burial grounds, one of the earliest in Chechnya mosques, many Chechen villages Kezenoi, Hoi An, Arsoy, Sadoi, Buni, Makazhoy et al., located around Kezenoyam, and the results of ethnographic expeditions reveal about the ancient settlement of the area by Chechen Taipei .
name
The lake trout Kezenoyam present, where it takes its name Kezenoyam or Big Trout.
Geographic data and origins
Kezenoyam Highland Lake - the largest lake on the area of the North Caucasus, located on the border of the Vedeno district of Chechnya and Dagestan Botlikh district, on the southern slopes of the Andean mountain range, at an altitude of 1869 (1822 ) meters above sea level. surface of a lake - 2.4 km². Waters was formed by the dam of the valley two small rivers - Harsum (Alhar) and Kauha (go) . The collapse, dam the valley, there was from the southern slope of the ridge Kashkerlam, below the confluence of these rivers. The reason, most likely, it was an earthquake.
Natural Dam, located in the western part of the lake reaches a height of over 100 meters. The basin of the lake has steep slopes and flat bottom. The depth of the lake reaches 74 m . The length of the lake from north to south - 2 kilometers, and from west to east - 2.7 kilometers. Maximum width - 735 meters. The coastline - 10 kilometers. The lake is fed by flowing into it rivers and streams, as well as knocks in the most hollow of keys. The main role in the diet of the lake is a small river Harsum, which flows into the lake in its northern part, and Kauha, which flows to the east. Surface lake has no outlet, but it obviously has an underground drain through the surrounding limestone rock.
Archaeological findings and historical and architectural structures such as the Chechen fighting and residential towers, including unique in its medieval Chechen Castle Aldama, Gezi, sanctuaries, crypts, ancient burial grounds, one of the earliest in Chechnya mosques, many Chechen villages Kezenoi, Hoi An, Arsoy, Sadoi, Buni, Makazhoy et al., located around Kezenoyam, and the results of ethnographic expeditions reveal about the ancient settlement of the area by Chechen Taipei
water Temperature
The water level in the lake every year varies depending on the number of outliers in its basin precipitation. The lake water is cold, the summer surface temperature does not rise above 17-18 degrees Celsius. The water temperature in the lower layers - about 7-8 degrees Celsius. In winter the lake freezes, the ice thickness in some years reached 70-80 centimeters.
Tourism and rest
April 18, 2015 in the Vedeno district of Chechnya opened tourist-recreational cluster "Kezenoi Am" on the shore of the eponymous lake. Sport and tourist complex includes a hotel with 58 rooms, luxury cottages with a total capacity of 40 people, a VIP cottage, a restaurant, a sauna, a sports complex area of 1200 square meters. m, playgrounds, boat station, pier and other facilities.
The project (2016) - the construction of the cable car, meeting rooms, food court, constructed in ethnographic style, children's entertainment complex. It is also planned to develop and implement equestrian, hiking, cycling and quad excursions, the construction of the tent camp.
sport
In 1970-1980, on the lake located at the base of the Olympic team rowing USSR. During the military operations in the Czech Republic base was completely destroyed.
In 2015, the president of the Federation of rowing Russia Venianim Booth voiced plans to resume training on the rowing team Russia on Kezenoyame.
Flora and fauna
The lake is home to an endemic subspecies of salmon trout fish species- Salmo ezenami.
research
from 29 to 31 July 2011 the Russian Geographical Society in collaboration with the Federation of Underwater Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Scientific Committee of the Federation of underwater sports Russia comprehensive studies of the lake will be carried out . This project is called "The Riddle of the Caucasus - Lake Am the Treasury" .