Biketi Lake
Biketi Lake ( ka, ბიქეთის ტბა) is a small lake in Samtskhe-Javakheti, southeastern Georgia. It is located north of Madatapa Lake. References Lakes of Georgia (country) Geography of Samtskhe–Javakheti {{Georgia-geo-stub ...
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Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ...
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Madatapa Lake
__NOTOC__ Madatapa Lake ( ka, მადათაფა) is a lake in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southeastern Georgia, near the border with Armenia, north of Bavra. Covering an area of at an elevation of , the lake is noted for its Paravan race of common carp and has been considered as a commercial fishing production site. It is found in one of the most earthquake-prone areas of the Caucasus. A shallow lake, it, along with Khanchali Lake, is one of the most important in the country for breeding and staging waterbirds, including the endangered Dalmatian pelican. Since 2020 it has been designated as a protected Ramsar site. The villages of Zhdanovakani, Epremovka, Troitskoye and Sameba lie around the lake. Biketi Lake lies to the north. See also *Madatapa Managed Reserve *Javakheti Plateau Javalkheti Plateau ( ka, ჯავახეთის პლატო) is a volcanic plateau within the Caucasus Mountains that covers the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, along ...
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Lakes Of Georgia (country)
The following is the list of lakes in Georgia, the country in the Caucasus. The Georgian word for "lake" is ''tba'' ( ka, ტბა). Largest lakes Other *Lisi Lake * Turtle Lake (Tbilisi) References {{Georgia (country) topics * Georgia Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...