Akkol [3] [4] [5] [6] ( Ak-Gol [1] [4] [7] [8] ; Cum. Ak-köӀ - “White Lake” [4] ) is a lake in Russia, the capital of Dagestan - the city of Makhachkala [1] .
| Lake | |
| Accol | |
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| godfather Ak-köӀ | |
 Lake Ak-Gol in the fall of 2014, in perspective - the memorial complex of the Russian teacher | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | -16 m |
| Square | 1.8 [1] km² |
| Deepest | 4 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Dagestan |
| Area | Makhachkala |
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Geographical position
Located in the southeastern part of the city in the microdistrict Reduktorny village, 1 km from the shore of the Caspian Sea .
Property Information
It has a lagoon origin and a round-square shape. The maximum depth is about 4 meters. Formed by sanding the sandy spit that separated it from the Caspian Sea [9] . In the middle of the twentieth century, as a result of lowering the level of the Caspian Sea, the lake dried up and was subsequently restored by filling it with waters from the October Revolution Canal [10] .
The western part of the lake with an area of 12 hectares by a semicircular dam is cut off from the main water area of about 1,028 km² (2013). It feeds with groundwater (80%), as well as precipitation (20%).
Plant and Animal World
In the middle of the XX century, the reservoir was used for fisheries [7] . Lake biomass is formed by 67% freshwater mollusks . 48 species of microalgae. It was used as a feeding reservoir for growing carp and carp [10] .
Problems
It experiences a strong anthropogenic impact in connection with the construction of multi-storey buildings, falling asleep shores and spontaneous dumps of building materials [8] .
Research
The Caspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences is engaged in a detailed study of hydrography and lake problems.
Landmark
On the northern shore of the lake is located the park of the same name "Ak-Gol" with a monument to the Russian teacher . The Museum of the History of Makhachkala [9] is located under the platform on which the pedestal with the monument is installed.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 State Water Register . Ak-Gol . textual.ru . Ministry of Environment of Russia (March 29, 2009). The appeal date was December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Surface water resources of the USSR: Hydrological knowledge. T. 9. Transcaucasia and Dagestan. Issue 3. Dagestan / ed. P. P. Burtova. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1964. - 76 p.
- ↑ Akkol ( No. 0240935 ) / The Register of Names of Geographic Objects for the Territory of the Republic of Dagestan as of 31.7.2017 // State Catalog of Geographical Names. rosreestr.ru.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Instructions on the transfer of geographical names of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic M .: RIO VTS, 1959. C. 42. . rosreestr.ru . The appeal date is November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Map sheet K-38-48 - FSUE “GOSGISTSENTR”
- ↑ Data obtained using the Public Cadastral Map on the official website of the Federal Registration Service .
- ↑ 1 2 Lake Ak-Gol - will it remain to our generation (inaccessible link) . kavkazpress.ru. The date of circulation is May 31, 2016. Archived May 2, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 In Makhachkala, the construction of high-rise buildings harms the unique lake Ak-Gol . ntv.ru. The appeal date is May 31, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Lake Ak-Gol, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala . www.pyatigorskgid.ru . The appeal date is November 15, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Physical Geography of Dagestan / B. A. Akayev. - M: School, 1996. - p. 212. - 384 p. - ISBN 5-8288-1139-8 .
Links
- Let's save Ak-Gol . web.archive.org . The appeal date is November 15, 2018.