Yerevan Lake
Ереванское водохранилище · Երևանյան լիճ
Yerevan Lake is an artificial reservoir formed by damming the Hrazdan River, built between 1963 and 1966 southwest of the Hrazdan Gorge. It lies at 908 meters elevation, between the Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit districts of the city.
The reservoir covers about 650,000 square meters. Average depth is 8 meters, maximum 18, with a total volume of roughly 5 million cubic meters. It freezes over in winter.
The lake sits within Yerevan itself, about 3 km west-southwest of the city center (straight-line), between the Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit districts.
The surface freezes over in winter.
Location
Facts
- From Yerevan
- ~3 km west-southwest
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