Lake Smaller Ritsa

Lake Smaller Ritsa პატარა რიწა
View of Smaller Ritsa
Coordinates	43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°ECoordinates: 43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°E
Basin countries	Georgia
Max. length	530 m
Max. width	290 m
Surface area	2,95 km²
Max. depth	76 m
Surface elevation	1235 m

Lake Smaller Ritsa (Georgian: პატარა რიწა), located in north-western Georgia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The lake located at the Pshegishkha (2217 m) mountain bottom at the height of 1235 m,^[1] to the east from Gagra ridge in a river Iupshara basin in 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 2,95 km². In the lake lives trout.

See also

• Lake Ritsa

Sources

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

References

1. "Lake Smaller Ritsa" (in Georgian). Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2012-07-30.