[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c8.95 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.95 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.95 - **Language:** English ### [c8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.95) 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 - [Previous: c8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.94) - [Next: c8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.96) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.95) · Pramāṇa