Yashilkul (russian: Яшилькуль; tg, Яшилкӯл) is a freshwater lake in
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in southeast
Tajikistan, about east of the provincial capital of
Khorugh. Lying in the upper
Gunt valley of the
Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world ...
, it has an area of with a maximum depth of . It lies from a similar lake,
Bulunkul, both of which are surrounded by other
wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains. The lake forms part of the
Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area.
References
Lakes of Tajikistan
Important Bird Areas of Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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