Sarez Lake

Sarez Lake

Infobox_lake
lake_name = Sarez Lake
image_lake =
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
coords = coord|38|12|06|N|72|45|27|E|type:waterbody_region:TJ|display=inline,title
type =
inflow = Murghab River
outflow = Murghab River
catchment =
basin_countries = Tajikistan
length = 55.8 km
width = 3.3 km
area = 79.7 km²
depth = 201.8 m
max-depth = 505 m
volume = 16.074 km³
residence_time =
shore = 162 km
elevation = 3,263 m
islands =
cities = Sarez Lake is a lake in Rushon district of GBAO, Tajikistan. Length about 55.8 km, depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about 3,263 m over sea level. The mountains around come up more than 2,416 m over the lake level.

The lake formed in 1911, after a great earthquake, when the Murghab River was blocked by a big landslide. Scientists believe that the landslide dam formed by the earthquake, known as the Usoi Dam, is unstable given local seismicity, and that the terrain below the lake is in danger of catastrophic flood if the dam were to fail during a future earthquake. [Bolt, B.A., W.L. Horn, G.A. Macdonald and R.F. Scott, (1975) " Geological hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, avalanches, landslides, floods" Springer-Verlag, New York, ISBN 0-387-06948-8]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.pamir-adventure.com/pamirarchive/diverse/sarez.jpgMap of the Usoi Dam - Sarez Lake, Scale 1:110'000]
* [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=6773 NASA Earth Observatory photo]
* [http://www.sarez.tj/index_en.shtml Sarez Risk Mitigation Project]


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