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Bateti Lake ( ka, ბატეთის ტბა, tr) is a
landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...
lake on
Batetistskali River located near village
Kodmani in the valley of
Dzama river,
Kareli Municipality
Kareli ( ka, ქარელის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Karelis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is a district of Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli. Some northern territories of the district are part of the self-proclaimed ...
, in
Shida Kartli
Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , Sh ...
region of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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* Related to the ...
, at 1313
metres above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. The water area of the lake is only 0.02 km
2. Maximal depth is 12 meters.
Bateti Lake in Winter vs. in Autumn
' Georgia Journal
Fauna
Lake is habitat of
near-threatened species
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify fo ...
of
newt
A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aqua ...
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Ommatotriton ophryticus
''Ommatotriton ophryticus'', the northern banded newt, is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. It is found in northeastern Turkey and western Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and southern Russia.
Taxonomy
''Ommatotriton ophryticus'' has ...
'').
Photo gallery
File:Bateti_lake_in_fall_2.jpg
File:Bateti_lake_in_fall_3.jpg
File:Bateti_lake_in_fall_1.jpg
References
Mountain lakes
Lakes of Georgia (country)
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