- Kara-Kul
Infobox lake
lake_name = Kara-Kul
image_lake = kara-kul_lake.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location =Pamir Mountains
coords = coord|39|1|N|73|27|E|type:waterbody_region:TJ|display=inline,title
type =impact crater lake,endorheic
inflow =
outflow = "none"
catchment =
basin_countries = Tajikistan
length =
width = 25 km
area = 380 km²
depth =
max-depth = 230 m
volume =
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = 3,900 m
islands =
cities =Kara-Kul or Qarokul ( _tg. Қарoкул) is a 25-kilometer (16-mile) diameter
lake in thePamir Mountains inTajikistan , which lies at an altitude of 3,900 meters (13,000 feet)above mean sea level . A peninsula projecting from the south shore and anisland off the north shore divide the lake into two basins, a smaller eastern one which is relatively shallow, between 13 to 19 meters, and a larger western one, with depths of 221 to 230 meters. It has no drainage outlet.Impact crater
Kara-Kul lake lies within a circular depression interpreted as a
meteorite impact crater with a rim diameter of 45 kilometers (28 miles). The impact event occurred less than 5 million years ago. The Kara-Kul impact structure remained unidentified until it was discovered though studies of imagery taken from space.External links
*cite web | url=http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/images/karakul.htm | title=Kara-Kul | work=Earth Impact Database | publisher=Planetary and Space Science Centre,
University of New Brunswick | accessdate=2006-05-25
*cite web | url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16564 | title=Kara-Kul Structure, Tajikistan | publisher=NASA Earth Observatory | accessdate=2006-05-25
*cite web| url=http://www.tourism.tj/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid= | title=Qarakul Lake | publisher= Informational Portal of Tourism in Tajikistan | accessdate=2008-05-26
*cite web| url=http://www.tourism.tj/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid= |title=Kara-Kul Lake | publisher= Information Portal "Tourism in Tajikistan" | accessdate=2008-06-01 IE only ru icon.
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