Lake Smaller Ritsa, located in Abkhazia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows.
| Lake Smaller Ritsa | |
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 View of Smaller Ritsa | |
  Lake Smaller Ritsa | |
| Coordinates | 43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°E |
| Basin countries | Abkhazia |
| Max. length | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Max. width | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Surface area | .095 km2 (0.037 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 1,235 m (4,052 ft) |
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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 0,095 km2 (37 sq mi). In the lake lives trout.
See also
Sources
- I. Abkhazava, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 7, p. 709, Tbilisi., 1984 year.