Back بحيرة كاراكول Arabic بحيره كاراكول (بحيره) ARZ Каракуль Byelorussian Каракул (езеро в Таджикистан) Bulgarian Karakul (Tadžikistan) BS Karakul (Tadjikistan) Catalan Karakul Czech Каракуль (Таджикистанри кӳлĕ) CV Karakul (Tadschikistan) German Καρακούλ (Τατζικιστάν) Greek
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&sq=Russo-Ukrainian_War&lang=en&file=File:Tajikistan_relief_map.svg)  Karakul Location in Tajikistan &sq=Russo-Ukrainian_War&lang=en&file=File:Pamir_Mountains.jpg) Karakul Karakul (Pamir) | |
| Location | Pamir Mountains |
| Coordinates | 39°02′24″N 73°25′12″E / 39.04000°N 73.42000°E |
| Type | Impact crater lake, endorheic |
| Primary outflows | None |
| Basin countries | Tajikistan |
| Max. width | 52 km (32 mi) |
| Surface area | 380 km2 (150 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Max. depth | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Water volume | 79.8 km3 (19.1 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 3,960 m (12,990 ft) |
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| Designations | |
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| Official name | Karakul Lake |
| Designated | 18 July 2001 |
| Reference no. | 1082[1] |
Karakul or Qarokul (Kyrgyz for "black lake", replacing the older Tajik name Siob; Russian: Каракуль; Tajik: Қарокӯл; Uyghur: قاراكۆل, romanized: Qaraköl, Қаракөл; Kyrgyz: Каракөл) is an endorheic lake, 25 km (16 mi) in diameter, located within a 52 km (32 mi) impact crater.[2][3] It is located in the Tajik National Park in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.
- ^ "Karakul Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Kara-Kul Structure, Tajikistan". NASA Earth Observatory. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ^ "Kara-Kul". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
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