The Geography of the Puranas c8.95
The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.95
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Like most of the mountain lakes in Tājikistān, this beautiful lake was formed as a result of a gigantic blocking up. In area and capacity it is not very large—its surface covers only three and a half square kilometres, and its depth does not exceed seventy-two metres. The wonderful thing about it is its gigantic power; in the course of a year it hurls down nearly 800 million cubic metres of water. It obtains this power from glaciers and snow on the mountains which tower above it.¹³