Songköl
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Songköl Соңкөл |
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| North bank of Songköl | ||
| Geographical location | Naryn ( Kyrgyzstan ) | |
| Drain | Songköl | |
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 51 ' N , 75 ° 9' E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 3016 m | |
| surface | 278 km² | |
| length | 29 km | |
| width | 18 km | |
| volume | 2.64 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 13.2 m | |
| Middle deep | 9.5 m | |
The Songköl ( Kyrgyz Соңкөл , English Song-Kul) is a mountain lake in the north of the Kyrgyz region of Naryn in Central Asia . During the summer months (June – September) it can be reached by off-road passenger vehicles via two “roads”: (a) from Kotschkor or from Naryn , each via the A 365 in the direction of Sary-Bulak and from the junction 5 km south of this village 85 km to the west through the valley of the Tölök along the southern flank of the Karakatty mountain range and finally over the 3446 m high Kalmak pass and thus the mountain range of the Songköltoo , and with about 3 hours driving time in both cases; or (b) from Naryn 85 km to the west to Ak-Tal and from there around 50 km over the difficult, 3150 m high Moldo pass through the Moldotoo chain to the north to the lake.
Songköl - Kyrgyzstan's second largest lake after Issykköl - is an alpine freshwater lake, the largest in Kyrgyzstan. It has an area of 278 km² and is located in the Songköl lowlands, between the mountain ranges of the up to 3856 m high Songköltoo in the north and the up to 4185 m high Moldotoo in the south, at an altitude of 3016 m . It has a roughly oval shape with a lengthwise extension in NW-SE direction of 29 km and a maximum width of 18 km. The maximum depth is 13.2 m. On the southeast bank, the Songköl River drains the lake to the Naryn . The water temperature in summer is 11-12 degrees Celsius. The lake freezes in the winter months (November - May), with the ice reaching a thickness of 1.0–1.2 meters.
Songköl is located in the middle of a wide, flat hollow above the tree line. The surrounding plateau, on which only grasses and herbs grow, is grazed by thousands of sheep and horses in the summer months, whose shepherds and their families set up their yurts on the pastures for the grazing season . Tourists can stay overnight with some shepherds and in some yurt camps set up especially for tourists, and they can also be fed.
The lake and its peripheral areas have been listed as an important bird area on the Ramsar list since 2011 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Songköl in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ a b c welcome.kg - Information portal: Lakes in Kyrgyzstan
- ^ The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance (PDF)