Lake Smaller Ritsa Explained

Lake Smaller Ritsa
Coords:	43.4753°N 40.5031°W
Pushpin Map:	Georgia Abkhazia
Basin Countries:	Abkhazia
Length:	530m (1,740feet)
Width:	290m (950feet)
Area:	0.095km2
Max-Depth:	76m (249feet)
Elevation:	1235m (4,052feet)
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 15

Lake Smaller Ritsa, located in Abkhazia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows.

Geography

The lake located at the Pshegishkha (2217 m) mountain bottom at the height of 1235 m,^[1] to the east from Gagra Ridge in the Iupshara River basin, 5 kilometers to the west from the lake Big Ritsa. Feeds by snow, rain and underground water. The length of the Smaller Ritsa is 530 m and the width is 290 m. Maximum depth of the lake is 76 m. Surface area is . In the lake lives trout.

See also

• Lake Ritsa
• Ritsa Strict Nature Reserve

Sources

• I. Abkhazava, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 7, p. 709, Tbilisi., 1984 year.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lake Smaller Ritsa . Wikimapia.org . 2012-07-30 . ka.