Kremenski Lakes
group of lakes in southwestern Bulgaria
Kremenski Lakes (Bulgarian: Кременски езера) are a glacial lake group in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern Bulgaria. They are located in the Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The group consists of nine lakes, seven permanent and two drying, in the narrow salient Kremenski cirque. Kremenski Lakes are surrounded by the summits of Sivria (2,591 m) to the northwest and Dzhano (2,668 m) to the southeast, as well as the Kremenski ridge which ends with Kremenski peak (2,503 m). They drain into the river Retizhe, a right tributary of the Mesta.
Lakes
Kremenski Lakes is the largest lake group in Pirin, with a total area of 196,000 m2 and a combined volume of 1,560,000 m3. Two of the lakes are the second and the fourth largest by area, as well as third and fifth by depth in the mountain range.
The Icy Lake is the uppermost at an altitude of 2,359 m. It is small round-shaped with length of 120 m, width of 110 m and area of 10,000 m2. The next two lakes are the largest.
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