Ashabachye Lake
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Ashabachye Lake озеро Ажабачье |
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| Satellite image with Klyuchevskaya Sopka in the middle and Lake Ashabachye (colored dark blue) on the left above (north is on the left) | ||
| Geographical location | Kamchatka Region ( Russia ) | |
| Drain | Protok Ashabachya → Kamchatka | |
| Location close to the shore | Ust-Kamchatsk | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 9 ′ N , 161 ° 48 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 6 m | |
| surface | 63.9 km² | |
| length | 12.8 km | |
| width | 7.7 km | |
| volume | 1086 million m³ | |
| scope | 37 km | |
| Maximum depth | 33 m | |
| Middle deep | 17 m | |
| Catchment area | 486 km² | |
Lake Ashabachye ( Russian озеро Ажабачье ) is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia . The lake name is derived from the name of the sockeye salmon in the language of the Itelmenen .
Lake Ashabachye is the fourth largest lake on Kamchatka with an area of 63.9 km². The lake lies at a height of about 6 m , almost 6 km south of the lower reaches of the Kamchatka River , to which it has a 12 km long drain. An almost 14 km wide ridge separates the lake from the east coast of the peninsula. The small town of Ust-Kamchatsk is 40 km east of the lake . The maximum water depth is 33 m, the mean water depth 7 m. The length of the approximately oval-shaped lake is 12.8 km, the maximum width 7.7 km.
Fish fauna
The lake is an important spawning area for sockeye salmon. There are also other salmonids , such as Salvelinus albus .
Web links
- Tour to the North: Azabache Lake, Tolbachik and Fishing at kamchatkaland.pro
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Озеро Ажабачье in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
- ↑ 613: Kamchatka & Northern Kurils . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW). Retrieved December 15, 2018.