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Turumtaykul

Coordinates: 37°29′00″N 72°32′00″E / 37.48333°N 72.53333°E / 37.48333; 72.53333
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Turumtaykul, also spelled Turumtaikul, is a freshwater mountain valley lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in the south-east Tajikistan, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the Pamir Mountains at 4,202 m (13,786 ft) above sea level, it is Template:Convert/text2, and has an area of 900 hectares (2,200 acres) with a maximum depth of 18 m (59 ft). Its most numerous fish are Sattar Snowtrout and False Osman. The lake forms part of the Djavshangoz Important Bird Area.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Djavshangoz". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-29.

37°29′00″N 72°32′00″E / 37.48333°N 72.53333°E / 37.48333; 72.53333