Alendan lake ( fa, دریاچهٔ الندان) is a
lake with 17
hectare span located in
Sari County. This lake belongs to
Quaternary
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ...
era and has recorded in
The national index of Iran in 2015.
This lake is also called Pelle Azni because of the nearby village,
Azni.
The lake has a 70 km distance from
Sari and is located on Sari-
Semnan road. (About two hour way from Semnan) The lake is 1200 m higher than
sea level.
This lake is the main source of water for
paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...
s of near villages like
Azni,
Mazarostaq,
Konta
Konta is a Municipal Council and tehsil headquarters in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.
Konta is a model town situated near bank of sabri River and Konta Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly
, Konta M ...
,
Didu and
Zalam.
However no river water comes to the lake, rain full fills the lake.
Plenty of various trees, including ''
Carpinus betulus
''Carpinus betulus'', the European or common hornbeam, is a species of tree in the birch family Betulaceae, native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England. It requires a warm climate for good growth, ...
'',
oak, ''
Ulmus glabra'' and ''
Tilia
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain a ...
'', surrounded the lake.
Gallery
File:Daryache-alandan02.jpg ,
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File: Daryache-alandan04.jpg ,
File: Jaddeye-daryacheye-alandan.jpg ,
File: Jaddeye-daryacheye-alandan02.jpg ,
See also
*
Lake Urmia
*
Dokhaharan lake
Dokhaharan lake also known as Dokhaharoon lake (which means two sisters lake) is a lake located on western hillside of Mount Damavand. This name is because of nearby mounts, named Dokhaharan.
It is located in Larijan District, Amol County. Road ...
References
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Geography of Mazandaran province
Sari County
Lakes of Iran
Tourist attractions in Mazandaran province
Tourist attractions in Sari