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Small Prespa Lake (Greek: Λίμνη Μικρή Πρέσπα, Limni Mikri Prespa; Albanian: Prespa e Vogël; Macedonian: Мало Преспанско Езеро, Malo Prespansko Ezero) is a lake shared between Greece (138 km² drainage area; 42.5 km² surface area) and Albania (51 km² drainage area; 4.3 km² surface area). It is the smaller of the two Prespa Lakes.

Small Prespa Lake
Small Prespa
Small Prespa Lake
Location
LocationBalkans (primarily Greece, Albania – a small part)
Coordinates40°46′N 21°06′E
Typetectonic
Basin countriesGreece, Albania
Surface area46.8 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Max. depth7.7 m (25 ft)
Surface elevation853 m (2,799 ft)
IslandsAgios Achillios, Vidronisi
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameMikri Prespa Lake (Greece)
Designated21 August 1975
Reference no.60[1]
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameAlbanian Prespa Lakes
Designated13 June 2013
Reference no.2151[2]

Details


Small Prespa Lake in particular has been recognized as an important wetland ecosystems favoring breeding and feeding of rare water bird species. It is best known for hosting the largest breeding colony of the Dalmatian pelican in the world. The flora in the region is composed of more than 1,500 plant species of which 146 endemic species in the Lake Ohrid and 39 endemic species from the Prespa Lakes.

The villages of Rakickë, Shyec, Buzliqen and Tren surround the Albanian portion of the lake. In Greece the villages surrounding the lake are Agios Germanos, Laimos, Milionas, Platy, Kallithea, Lefkonas, Prespes, Karyes, Mikrolimni, Oxia, Pyli and Vrontero.

During 1970 significant amounts of water from the Devoll river was diverted into the lake with the intention to use it latter during the summer time for the irrigation purposes. Due to the high suspended solids in the river water significant siltation did occur on the Albanian side. The practice has recently stopped. The Albanian part of this lake has a surface of 420 hectares. In 1999 the Society for the Protection of Prespa received the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for its conservation efforts regarding the Lake Prespa Ramsar site.[3]


Agios Achilleios


Small Prespa Lake contains the island of Agios Achilleios (Saint Achilleus); in February 1948, in the midst of the Greek Civil War, Nikos Zachariadis, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece, married Roula Koukoulou, his long-time lover, on this island, in a widely publicized ceremony.[4]

Located on the island of Agios Achilleios is also the Basilica of Saint Achillius of Larissa. It is an example of the survival of Early Christian architectural style in the Byzantine period.[5] Agios Achilleios was also an early capital of Bulgarian ruler Samuel in the 10th century. The island became a tourist and fishing centre in the 1970s.




See also



References


  1. "Lake Mikri Prespa". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Albanian Prespa Lakes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. Etnografia shqiptare. Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH, Instituti i Historisë, Sektori i Etnografisë. 1962.
  4. Α.Ε., tovima.gr — Δημοσιογραφικός Οργανισμός Λαμπράκη. "tovima.gr - Ο "μεγάλος αρχηγός" διάλεξε την κρεμάλα". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. Stan (Stojan) Malian (1 August 2009). History and Religion of Macedonia: Gateway to Europe. AuthorHouse. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-4389-7764-5.

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На других языках

[de] Kleiner Prespasee

Der Kleine Prespa (griechisch Λίμνη Μικρή Πρέσπα .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Límni Mikrí Préspa; albanisch Liqeni i Prespës së vogël; mazedonisch Мало Преспанско Езеро Malo Prespansko Ezero) ist ein See im Grenzgebiet zwischen Griechenland und Albanien. Der Großteil liegt auf griechischem Gebiet; nur die letzten Kilometer des langen westlichen Armes reichen nach Albanien hinein. Vom (Großen) Prespasee im Dreiländereck von Griechenland, Albanien und Nordmazedonien ist der Kleine Prespasee durch eine schmale Landbrücke getrennt.
- [en] Small Prespa Lake

[fr] Petit lac Prespa

Le Petit lac Prespa, en albanais Prespa e Vogël, en grec Λίμνη Μικρή Πρέσπα / Limni Mikri Prespa, en macédonien Мало Преспанско Езеро, Malo Prespansko Ezero, est un lac partagé entre l'Albanie et la Grèce, au sud du Grand lac Prespa. La plus grande partie du lac (42,5 km2) est en territoire grec ; seule l'extrémité méridionale (4,3 km2) est en Albanie.

[ru] Микра-Преспа

Микра-Преспа[1][2][3][4] (Малое Преспанское озеро[5], Малая Преспа[6], греч. Μικρή Πρέσπα, алб. Prespa e Vogël) — пресноводное озеро в юго-восточной Европе, на границе Греции и Албании'[7].


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