Bashliyski Lakes ( bg, Башлийски езера) are a small group of four

glacial lake A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Formation Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...

s situated in the northern part of the

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mountain range in southwestern

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. They are located in the Bashliyski cirque between the summits of

Bashliyski Chukar Bashliyski Chukar ( bg, Башлийски чукар) is a 2,683 m-high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin and is built up of granite. It is situated on a short ridge stemmin ...

(2,683 m),

Banderishki Chukar Banderishki Chukar ( bg, Бъндеришки чукар) is a 2,737 m-high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the main mountain ridge. It is the highest granite peak on th ...

(2,737 m), Prevalski Chukar (2,605 m) and Tipitsite (2,645 m). They are located in the

Pirin National Park Pirin National Park ( bg, Национален парк "Пирин"), originally named Vihren National Park, encompasses the larger part of the Pirin, Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, spanning an area of . It is one of the three natio ...

, a

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. The lakes are poorly researched. Their depth is not accurately measured and is estimated at 2–3 m. They are the source of the river Bashliytsa, the uppermost tributary of the

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of the Struma river basin.

Lakes

The ''first lake'' is the uppermost at an altitude of 2,461 m and is situated at about 1 km southeast of Tipitsite. The lake is among the ten highest in Pirin. It has length of 125 m, width of 75 m and area of 5,300 m². The ''second lake'' at an altitude of 2,430 m is located at 600 m southeast of Bashliyski Chukar. It has circular shape, length of 80 m, width of 75 m and area of 5,000 m². The ''third lake'' is located at an altitude of 2,313 m at 1.2 km south-southwest of Tipits and is not connected with the other lakes. It has length of 50 m, width of 40 m and area of 1,300 m². The ''fourth lake'' at an altitude of 2,291 m, situated to the east-southeast of Bashliyski Chukar, is the largest in the group. It has elongated shape, length of 160 m, width of 100 m and area of 7,800 m².

Gallery

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Citations

References

* * {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Dushkov, 1972 , title = Пирин. Туристически речник , trans-title = Pirin. Tourist Dictionary , last1 = Душков (Dushkov) , first1 = Добри (Dobri) , year = 1972 , language = Bulgarian , publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura) , location = София (

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) , isbn = Lakes of the Pirin