Khozapini [2] [6] (Kartsakhi [2] , Georgian. ხოზაფინის ტბა ) or Aktash [7] [8] ( tour. Aktaş Gölü ) is a boundary lake of tectonic origin in the Javakheti Highland of the Lesser Caucasus . The Georgian-Turkish border crosses the lake from north-west to south-east, dividing it into approximately two equal parts: the north-east Georgian, which occupies 53% of the water surface and the south-west Turkish [5] [8] .
| Lake | |
| Khozapini, Aktash | |
|---|---|
| cargo. ხოზაფინის ტბა , tour. Aktaş Gölü | |
 Lake view from the north in the summer of 2016 | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 1798.4 [1] m |
| Square | 26.3 [2] km² |
| Volume | 0,0193 [2] km³ |
| Coastline | about 25 [3] km |
| Deepest | 10 [4] m |
| Hydrology | |
| Salinity | 0.88 [5] ‰ |
| Pool | |
| Pool area | 158 [5] km² |
| Location | |
| Country |
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| Regions | Samtskhe-Javakheti , Ardahan |
Title
There are the following names of the lake: Khozapini [2] [1] ( Georgian. აფინის ტბა ), Kartsakhi [2] [9] , Kartsakhistba [1] ( Georgian. არწახის ტბა ), Kartsha [9] , Aktash ( tour. Aktaş Gölü ) [8] , Khozapin [1] , Khozapin-Göl [10] ( Tour. Hozapin Gölü ) [8] , Karsak ( Tour. Karsak Gölü ) [8] , Azap ( Tour. Azap Gölü [8] ).
Location
Located between with. Kartsakhi, Akhalkalaki municipality of Georgia and the settlement of Kenarbel, Childyr region, Turkey [8] .
North of the lake are the Murakvali Mountains , to the south - the Hektapsky Range passes [1] .
Hydrography
Located at an altitude of 1799 meters, the area (26.3 km² [2] ) ranks second among the lakes of Georgia [11] [12] .
There are 12 islands on the lake, all of them are located in the southwestern half of the lake and belong to Turkey [4] .
Water Mode
The main sources of lake nutrition are precipitation and groundwater. The maximum water level is observed in June, the minimum - in February [5] .
Flora
Nearby is one of the most significant subalpine forests for Georgia, also near the lake grow Colchian mountain ash ( lat. Sorbus colchica ), caterpillar , thickets of wild rose and raspberry bushes are common [9] .
In 2004, the only habitat of five-leafed shrub ( lat. Dasiphora fruticosa ) in Georgia was found on the lake and in the surrounding area . [9] .
The islands of the lake have sparse vegetation, on the shores there are small thickets of reeds and reeds [8] .
Fauna
The lake is an important habitat for large populations of certain bird species, in particular, the curly pelican ( lat. Pelecanus crispus ), the pink pelican ( lat. Pelecanus onocrotalus ), the Armenian gull ( lat. Pelecanus onocrotalus ) and the largest Georgian population of the eagle owl ( lat. Bubo bubo ). In total, 59 species of bird representatives are found on the lake, of which 20 species belong to the waterfowl [9] [13] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Map Sheet K-38-99 Child . Scale: 1: 100,000. Indicate the date of issue / state of the terrain .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I. Apkhazava, L. Vladimirov. Internal waters // Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic / I. V. Abashidze . - Tbilisi, 1981. - p. 20. - ( Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia : in 12 volumes; 1975–1981, Vol. 12). - 90 000 copies
- ↑ These estimates were obtained using the distance and area measurement tool using satellite images on the Google Maps map service website .
- ↑ 1 2 Aktaş Gölü (Tour.) (Not available link) . Lake Atlas of Turkey . kesfetmekicinbak.com. The date of circulation is September 11, 2014. Archived March 2, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia , Volume 11, Art. 494,Tbilisi , 1987 Year.
- ↑ 1. Transmission of sounds; accent designation // Instruction on the Russian transfer of geographic names of the Georgian SSR / Comp. G. I. Donidze ; Ed. G.P. Bondaruk . - M. , 1972. - p. 7. - 1500 copies.
- ↑ iv. Emphasis // Instructions on the Russian transfer of geographical names of Turkey / Comp. N.M. Nadzharova ; Ed. K. T. Boyko . - M. , 1980. - p. 18. - 300 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aktaş Gölü - ARDAHAN (tour.) (Inaccessible link - history ) . Wetlands of Turkey - turkiyesulakalanlari.com .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Biodiversity of Protected Territories of Javakheti - Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia
- ↑ The main lakes and estuaries of the Russian Empire / Comp. P.I. Keppen . - St. Petersburg: type. B. Bezobrazov and K °, 1860. - [2], C. 11.
- ↑ Hlavinek, Petr. Dangerous pollutants (xenobiotics) in urban waters cycle . - Springer, 2008. - P. 37. - ISBN 978-1-4020-6800-3 .
- ↑ Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Ans Evans, MI : Avian priority areas for conservation / MI Evans, Melanie F. Heath, BirdLife International. - Birdlife International, 2000. - P. 255. - ISBN 978-0-946888-35-1 .