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Iskanderkul (Russian: Искандеркуль; Tajik: Искандаркӯл) is a mountain lake of glacial origin in Tajikistan's Sughd Province. It lies at an altitude of 2,195 metres (7,201 ft) on the northern slopes of the Gissar Range in the Fann Mountains. Triangular in shape, it has a surface area of 3.4 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi) and is up to 72 metres (236 ft) deep. Formed by a landslide that blocks the Saratogh river, the outflow of the lake is called the Iskander Darya, which joins the Yaghnob River to form the Fan Darya, a major left tributary of the Zeravshan River.

Iskanderkul
Iskanderkul
Location	Gissar Range, Fann Mountains
Coordinates	39°04′21″N 68°21′59″E
Type	glacial lake
Primary inflows	Sarytag, Khazormech, Serima
Primary outflows	Iskander Darya
Basin countries	Tajikistan
Surface area	3.4 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi)
Max. depth	72 metres (236 ft)
Surface elevation	2,195 metres (7,201 ft)

134 km from Dushanbe and 23 km from the Dushanbe—Khujand road, Iskanderkul is a popular tourist destination.[1]

The lake takes its name from Alexander the Great's passage in Tajikistan: Iskander is the Persian pronunciation of Alexander, and kul means lake in many Turkic languages.[2] There are two legends connecting the lake to Alexander. The first one states it used to be a location the inhabitants of which resisted Alexander's rule, and in fury, the king ordered to divert a river and annihilate them. The second legend states that Bucephalus had drowned in the lake.[3][4]

Birds

A 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi) tract of land including the lake and surrounding mountains has been designated a nature reserve. As well as the lake itself, habitats found in the reserve include rivers, water meadows, broad-leaved and juniper forests, mountain shrubland and sub-alpine meadows.

Over half of the reserve, comprising 177 square kilometres (68 sq mi), has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports significant numbers of the populations of various bird species, either as residents, or as breeding or passage migrants. These include Himalayan snowcocks, saker falcons, cinereous vultures, yellow-billed choughs, Hume's larks, sulphur-bellied warblers, wallcreepers, Himalayan rubythroats, white-winged redstarts, white-winged snowfinches, alpine accentors, rufous-streaked accentors, brown accentors, water pipits, fire-fronted serins, plain mountain finches, crimson-winged finches, red-mantled rosefinches and white-winged grosbeaks.[5]

References

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[de] Iskanderkul

Der Iskanderkul (tadschikisch Искандаркӯл; russisch Искандеркуль) ist ein Moränensee in den Bergen von Tadschikistan (Zentralasien).

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- [en] Iskanderkul

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[es] Iskanderkul

Iskanderkul es un lago de Tayikistán situado en la provincia de Sughd. Se encuentra a 2195 msnm en las montes Fann. Tiene forma triangular, un área de 3.4 km² y hastra 72 m de profundidad. Fue una atracción turística de la ex Unión Soviética.

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[fr] Lac Iskanderkoul

Le lac Iskanderkoul (en tadjik : Искандаркӯл ; en russe : Искандеркуль), de l'ouzbek Iskander « Alexandre » et koul « lac », est un lac de l'ouest du Tadjikistan. Il se trouve aux monts Gissar qui appartiennent à la chaîne des monts Fan au sud-ouest du Pamir. Son nom provient d'Alexandre le Grand qui s'y rendit au moment de son expédition jusqu'aux Indes.

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[it] Iskanderkul

L'Iskanderkul (in tagiko Искандаркӯл; in russo Искандеркуль) è un lago morenico delle montagne del Tagikistan (Asia centrale).

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[ru] Искандеркуль

Искандерку́ль (тадж. Искандаркӯл) — горное озеро в Таджикистане на северных склонах Гиссарского хребта в Фанских горах.

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