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Lake Amtkeli

Field	Value
name	Lake Amtkeli
image	Amtkeli.jpg
location	Gulripshi District
pushpin_map	Georgia Abkhazia#Georgia
coords
lake_type	Glacial lake
inflow	Amtkeli
outflow	Jampali (through sinkholes)
Amtkeli
catchment	153 km2
basin_countries	Georgia, (Abkhazia)
date-built	3 October 1891
length	2.4 km
area	0.58 km2
max-depth	65 m
elevation	512 m
frozen	very rarely
cities	Azanta
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14

Amtkeli | date-built = 3 October 1891 | max-depth = 65 m | mapframe-zoom = 14

Lake Amtkeli or Amtkel (ამტყელის ტბა; ) is a lake in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia, Georgia that was formed on 3 October 1891 when an earthquake caused a landslide on the south-western slope of Mt. little Shkhapach into the valley of the Amtkeli River.

Geography

Lake Amtkeli is fed by the Amtkeli River, but only a small part of its water percolates through the obstructing rubble back into the river. The greater part leaves the lake through underground passages to the Jampali River. Due to the lake's limited discharge capacity, its water level rises strongly during snowmelt in May, leading to annual fluctuations of up to 40 m in the lake's average 512 m height above sea level and 65 m maximal depth, and increasing its length from 2.4 km to 4 km. The average surface area of Lake Amtkeli is 0.58 km2, and its drainage basin measures 153 km2.

Due to the lake's origin, its underwater slopes are steep, following the surface slopes.

Human settlement

The village of Azanta is located next to lake Amtkeli, and some of its inhabitants keep fishing boats on its shore.

Environment

Lake Amtkeli is home to trout, chub, nase, barbel and spirlin.

In July and August, the lake's average surface temperature is 20 C, in Winter it rarely freezes over.

References

{{Abkhazia-note
[https://books.google.com/books?id=k-sFeW9zzrQC&dq=Amtkel+-%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB&pg=PA63 "Lake Amtkel", page 63, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands]
Solonenko, V.P.. (1979). "Mapping the After-Effects of Disastrous Earthquakes and Estimation of Hazard for Engineering Constructions". Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology.
link. (2009). bluekaz.ru. (December 2017)
Bondyrev, I. V.. (2004). "Impediments to the Sustainable Development of the Caucasus-Pontdes Region". Routledge.

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