Kesenoiam
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Kesenoiam Къоьвзанан Іам |
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| Geographical location | Dagestan and Chechnya | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 '23 " N , 46 ° 9' 8" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1870 m | |
| surface | 2.4 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 74 m | |
The Kesenoiam ( Russian Кезенойам ; Chechen Къоьвзанан Іам) is an alpine lake in Chechnya and Dagestan ( Russia ).
geography
The still water lies at 1870 m and covers an area of about 2.4 square kilometers. The maximum depth is 74 meters. The lake freezes over in winter and in summer has a water temperature of around 5 ° C below 20 meters water depth, above 5 to 18 ° C.
fauna and Flora
It is well supplied with oxygen all year round and is relatively poor in plankton . An endemic species of trout , Salmo ezenami, lives in Kesenoiam . Until the introduction of two carp fish, this was the only fish species in the lake and is now considered to be critically endangered.
Web links
Commons : Lake Kezanoiam - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
swell
- Maurice Kottelat, Jörg Freyhof: Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes . Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4 , pp. 428 .