The Malyovishki Lakes ( bg, Мальовишки езера ) are a group of three

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 northwestern

Rila Mountains Rila ( bg, Рила, ) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkan Peninsula and Southeast Europe. It is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and forms part of the Rila–Rhodope Massif. The highest summit is Musala at an elevation of 2,925 ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. They are located to the north of the summit of

Malyovitsa Malyovitsa ( bg, Мальовица ) is a peak in the northwestern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria. It is 2,729 m high and is one of the most popular tourist regions in the mountain. Its northern and eastern slopes are ste ...

(2,729 m) in the southwestern part of the homonymous cirque in the upper reaches of the Malyovitsa River, a right tributary of the Cherni Iskar, which is considered the

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of Bulgaria's longest river that runs entirely within the country, the Iskar. They are terraced from the southwest to the northeast along 300 m. The most southwestern Upper Malyovishko Lake is the second largest; it has an extended shape 90 to 40 m in size at an altitude of 2,368 m. The second one is at 125 m to the northeast of the Upper Malyovishko Lake and is located at an altitude of 2,355 m; it is the smallest of the three measuring 40 to 40 m. The lowest lake is located at 70 m to the northeast of the second one at an altitude of 2,336 m. Covering an area of 1 hectare, it is the largest in the group; it is 120 m long and 50 m wide and reaches a depth of 5.4 m.

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