Bulunkul

Bulunkul is a shallow, freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in southeast Tajikistan, about 130 km east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of 3900 ha with a maximum depth of 6 m. Dense vegetation covers much of its surface. It is 1.5 km from a similar lake, Yashilkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains. It forms part of the Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area.[1]

The lake and village of Bulunkul are featured in a short environmental film[2] by the United Nations University.

References

  1. ↑ "Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Tajik Women’s Perspectives of Climate Change". United Nations University. 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

Coordinates: 37°43′10″N 72°57′20″E / 37.71944°N 72.95556°E / 37.71944; 72.95556


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