- Sarez Lake
Infobox_lake
lake_name = Sarez Lake
image_lake =
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
coords = coord|38|12|06|N|72|45|27|E|type:waterbody_region:TJ|display=inline,title
type =
inflow = Murghab River
outflow = Murghab River
catchment =
basin_countries = Tajikistan
length = 55.8 km
width = 3.3 km
area = 79.7 km²
depth = 201.8 m
max-depth = 505 m
volume = 16.074 km³
residence_time =
shore = 162 km
elevation = 3,263 m
islands =
cities = Sarez Lake is alake inRushon district ofGBAO ,Tajikistan . Length about 55.8 km, depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about 3,263 m over sea level. The mountains around come up more than 2,416 m over the lake level.The lake formed in 1911, after a great
earthquake , when the Murghab River was blocked by a big landslide. Scientists believe that thelandslide dam formed by the earthquake, known as theUsoi Dam , is unstable given localseismicity , and that the terrain below the lake is in danger of catastrophic flood if the dam were to fail during a future earthquake. [Bolt, B.A., W.L. Horn, G.A. Macdonald and R.F. Scott, (1975) " Geological hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, avalanches, landslides, floods" Springer-Verlag, New York, ISBN 0-387-06948-8]Notes
External links
* [http://www.pamir-adventure.com/pamirarchive/diverse/sarez.jpgMap of the Usoi Dam - Sarez Lake, Scale 1:110'000]
* [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=6773 NASA Earth Observatory photo]
* [http://www.sarez.tj/index_en.shtml Sarez Risk Mitigation Project]
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