Height: 3 263 meters above sea level. Deepness: 505 meters.
In the Pamir at the height of 3 263 meters above sea level is the Saressee. The surface of the basin forms 80 q. Km, and the maximum depth reaches 505 meters. The Sarassee is one of the few on earth, the date of its formation - February 5, 1911, known. On this day there was a strong landslide in the mountains, as a result of the Murgab river was flooded.
During the collapsion some mountain villages were completely destroyed and the Usoi dam - the natural dam with the height of 567 meters - was formed. The lake formed as a result of the fall was named in honor of the destroyed mountain village of Sares. A few years after the formation, the lake remained stagnant. Then the source has formed in the natural causeway. For more than a century, the water from the glaciers flows constantly into the lake. At present its length is about 75 km.
The volume of water that accumulated in the lake is about 17 sq.km. This value frightens the ecologists and the locals. The natural dam has long since lost the old reliability and can break through at any moment. While the enthusiasts of ecotourism enjoy the magnificent beauty of the lake and its extent, the researchers from all over the world try to solve the security problem. The dambreak can be an ecological disaster for several states: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
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