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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Ohrid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Lake of Ohrid, the ancient Lacus Lychnitis, whose blue and exceedingly transparent waters in remote antiquity gave to the lake its Greek name; it was still called so occasionally in the Middle Ages.
		Henceforth Byzantine metropolitans presided in Ohrid; it was made the political capital of the Bulgarian kingdom and profited by the tenth-century conquests of its warlike rulers so that it became the Metropolitan of several Byzantine dioceses in the newly conquered territories in Macedonia, Thessaly, and Thrace.
		Theophylactus of Ohrid (1078) was one of the most famous of the medieval Greek exegetes; in his correspondence (Ep., 27) he maintains the traditional independence of the Diocese of Ohrid.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Ohrid (1853 words)

	Lake Ohrid
		Lake Ohrid, that came into being between four to ten million years ago, is Europe's oldest lake, and is amongst the oldest in the world.
		Lake Ohrid lies in the valley between Ohrid and Struga, in the border region between Macedonia and Albania.
		The Lake is sorrounded by mountain ranges of Mount Mokra (Mokra Planina - 1589 m.) and Jablanica (1945 m) on the Albanian side and by the limestone ridge of Mount Galicica (2255m) on the eastern side.The surrounding mountains are extremely karstic.
	www.ohrid.org.mk /eng/ohez/oeos.htm (705 words)

	Lake Ohrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero Albanian: Liqeni i Ohrit) straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania.
		Lake Ohrid is the deepest lake of the Balkans, with a maximum depth of 288 m (940 ft) and a mean depth of 155 m (508 ft).
		Lake Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes belong to a group of Dessaret basins that originated from a geotectonic depression during the Pliocene epoch up to five million years ago on the western side of the Dinaric Alps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Ohrid (1953 words)

	Lakes Travel - Macedonian lakes resorts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ohrid is exactly that kind of town, with layered and absorbed history, yet with lively urban and pulsating spirit that merged with the historical Ohrid soil makes the town such exceptional.
		Ohrid maybe is mostly famous for its sacral monuments and in the past it was known as a town with 365 churches, i.e.
		Ohrid was episcopal center in the period of the very beginnings of the Christianity (IV, V, VI century), and we can see today how grandiose the early-Christian basilicas were since there are remains with magnificent floor mosaics.
	www.lakes-travel.com /ohrid.htm (728 words)

	Ohrid - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ohrid was incorporated into the first Bulgarian empire, and in the 10th cent.
		Ohrid was captured by the Serbs in 1334 and fell to the Turks in 1394.
		Ohrid's numerous ancient churches and other historical relics include the cathedrals of St. Sophia (9th cent.) and St. Clement (1299), both with medieval frescoes; two 14th-century churches; and the walls and towers of the former Turkish citadel.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ohrid.html (370 words)

	Ohrid travel guide - Wikitravel
		Ohrid is a large town in Southern Republic of Macedonia, on the shore of Lake Ohrid.
		Aside of the lake, Ohrid is most famous for its ancient churches, basilicas and monasteries where Saints Klement and Naum (students of Cyril and Methodus) wrote their teachings and formulated the Cyrillic alphabet used in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro and the most countries of the former Soviet Union.
		Ohrid traditional architecture – When the Turks came they settled on the flat part along the lake and that became the Muslim part of town and the part on the hills inside the walls was always the Christian part, with the bazaar as a meeting place.
	wikitravel.org /en/Ohrid (3392 words)

	Lake Ohrid
		Lake Ohrid is a distinctive shelter of large number of freshwater organisms originating from the tertiary period, whose close relatives can be found in fossil forms only.
		Thus, the endemism (presence of distinctive, unique organisms), although less underlined than in Lake Baikal, is the feature of the living world of Lake Ohrid, comprising 88% of endoparasitic Infusoria (tiny parasitic organisms), 44% of rabdocelite, and 71% of trikladite (flat worms), 90% of snails, 66% of small crabs, and 60% of fish.
		Typical for Lake Ohrid is the underwater plant called "hara", that forms a continual ring on the lake's bottom, at the depth of 6 - 15 m.
	www.ohrid.org.mk /eng/ohez/oezi.htm (784 words)

	SoER of Republic of Macedonia
		Lake Ohrid is aproximately 2-3 milion years old, and is one of the world's oldest lakes.
		Lake Prespa, which lies 200 meters higher than Lake Ohrid and is separated from it by a mountain range, provides approximately 46% of the inflow of water to Lake Ohrid.
		A clear danger exists to maintaining the long-term ecological stability of Lake Ohrid unless astion is taken to improuve environmental managemant of the catchment area and the shoreline to prevent the accomulation of pollutants in the lake.
	www.moe.gov.mk /soer2/ohrid_a.htm (870 words)

	Macedonia FAQ: Ohrid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The ancient city of Ohrid, situated along the coast of the magnificent Lake Ohrid, is undoubtedly the most beautiful and most attractive Macedonian town, a pearl of old architecture and a treasury of valuable cultural and historical monuments.
		The lake is fed by cold spring water that flows from Lake Prespa; it is one of the oldest and deepest lakes in the world, full of living fossils such as the Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)and other species found nowhere else.
		The cathedral was the seat of the Archbishopric of Ohrid for several centuries and is the oldest surviving church in Ohrid.
	faq.macedonia.org /travel/cities/ohrid.html (2324 words)

	Lake OHRID Sub-basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ohrid Lake is the biggest lake of FYR Macedonia, with a total surface area of 348.8 km² (FYR Macedonian part 229.9 km²), a total catchment of 2,340 km² (including underground flow from lake Prespa), and a maximum depth of 285 m (average 164 m).
		The average depth of the lake is 164 m, and the maximum one is 289 m.
		The surface of the karst massif is of 350 km².
	www.inweb.gr /workshops/sub_basins/18_Ohrid.html (3017 words)

	LakeNet - Lakes (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lake Ohrid is located in the southwest part of the Republic of Macedonia, on the border between Macedonia and the Republic of Albania.
		Lake Ohrid has 40 tributaries which are mainly creeks and rivers which flow only temporarily during heavy rains and melting of the snow from the surrounding high mountains.
		Lake Ohrid represents a refuge for numerous freshwater organisms from the Tertiary Period, whose close relatives can be found only as fossil remains; this is the reason the lake is sometimes called a "museum of living fossils".
	www.worldlakes.org.cob-web.org:8888 /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8770 (1089 words)

	Macedonia-the First Neighboar of the SOG 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Ohrid Lake was born even before the mankind, in the period of tectonic movements of the soil.
		The hotel is 4 km from the center of Ohrid, at the foot of Galicica mountain, at the Lake shore, at sea level of nearly 700 m.
		The Desaret complex is situated on the shore of Ohrid Lake, at the end of the fishing settlement of Peshtani area, and on the road to the monastery St. Naum.
	www.athens2004-mk.gov.mk /Macedonia_Ohrid.htm (936 words)

	Tabibito's Macedonia Guide: Ohrid, the pearl of Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		History: The location of Ohrid couldn't be better: The climate, the large lake (=fish!), a plain that can be used for agriculture and a spur to build a fortress form perfect conditions for a town.
		In the 10th century, Ohrid even became the capital of the mighty First Bulgarian Empire, but this was only for a few years.
		Lake Prespa is larger than lake Ohrid, but the average depth is 12 metres only.
	www.tabibito.de /balkan/eohrid.shtml (2016 words)

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		Standing alone on a cliff above the lake and near the fishing settlement of Kaneo, it is one of the landmarks of Ohrid.
		Sophia served as the cathedral church of the Ohrid Archbishopric until it was converted into a mosque during the Ottoman domination.
		During the Ohrid Summer Festival, the church is used as a venue for concerts and plays due to the exceptional quality of its acoustics.
	www.geocities.com /yuzmeski/ohrid.html (584 words)

	Delicacy Fetish Pushes Ancient Trout to Verge of Extinction
		The 3m-year-old Ohrid Lake, which lies between Albania and Macedonia, was declared a world heritage site in 1979 because its depth of 289 metres (948ft) provides a micro-climate that prevented it freezing in the ice age and allowed ancient fish to survive.
		Ohrid city, on the lake's banks, is full of ancient churches and five gold masks from pre-Roman times have been found nearby.
		The lake is so deep that it takes 70 years for all the water in Ohrid to be replaced.
	www.organicconsumers.org /Toxic/ohrid_trout.cfm (715 words)

	LAKE OHRID
		Lake Ohrid is the largest tectonic lake, and the second largest in the Balkan Peninsula.
		The water has a special colour that differs from any other lake because it is very clear, with a visibility of up to 20 meters in some places.
		Lake Ohrid is the deepest on the Balkan Peninsula with a depth of 285 meters.
	www.cybermacedonia.com /lakesohr.html (203 words)

	Exploring Macedonia – National Tourism Portal. Provides travel tips, Accommodation and tour information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ohrid, immortal Ohrid – a kingdom of light and water, a repository of ancient ruins from Macedonia’s earlier kingdoms – is the sublime lakeside town that for many represents the culmination of the Macedonian experience.
		Ohrid’s major attractions are all located within a remarkably concentrated and eminently walkable area, among and above the narrow streets of the Old Town, itself lined with restaurants and cafes perfectly suited for relaxing on cool summer evenings.
		As for the lake itself, it is so large and so deep that one might mistake it for a small sea.
	www.exploringmacedonia.com /?ItemID=D7B9801599F86A45895CDBE20C3565BF (187 words)

	Secret Deal to Draw Water from Lake Ohrid Shocks Macedonians
		OHRID, Macedonia, October 19, 2000 (ENS) - Behind closed doors, Macedonian government officials have negotiated a deal with their Albanian counterparts that will allow Albania to use water from Macedonia’s part of Ohrid Lake for the generation of electricity.
		At 286 meters (938 feet) deep, Ohrid Lake on the border between Macedonia and Albania is the deepest lake on the Balkan Peninsula.
		Dojran Lake is on the border between Macedonia and Greece, and before that watersharing agreement it was the healthiest lake in the region.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/oct2000/2000-10-19-03.asp (454 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lake Ohrid is approximately 2-3 million years old, and is one of the world's oldest lakes.
		Two-thirds of the lake's surface area of 358 square kilometers belongs to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia while the remainder is in Albanian territory, and the lake lies in a valley 695 meters above sea level surrounded by mountain peaks of over 2,000 meters.
		The only surface outflow of Lake Ohrid is the River Crni Drim which accounts for 72% of the outflow (with a mean discharge of 22.2 cubic meters per second), with the remaining 28% accounted for by evaporation.
	www.gefweb.org /wprogram/0197/regional/regional.doc (380 words)

	BALWOIS 2006 Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia, 23-26 May 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The airport of Ohrid (open during the duration of the conference) is located 9 km from the town, along the motorway Ohrid-Kicevo-Skopje.
		Lake Ohrid lies in the valley between Ohrid and Struga, in the border region between FYR of Macedonia and Albania.
		The Lake is sorrounded by mountain ranges of Mount Mokra (Mokra Planina - 1589 m.) and Jablanica (1945 m) on the Albanian side and by the limestone ridge of Mount Galicica (2255 m) on the eastern side.The surrounding mountains are extremely karstic.
	www.balwois.org /venue (1101 words)

	Albatross Survival Hangs on Longline Fishing Control Fight
		Lake Ohrid is one of the largest biological reserves in Europe, possessing unique plants and animals that are extinct elsewhere.
		Two-thirds of Lake Ohrid's surface area of 358 square kilometers belongs to Macedonia while the rest is in Albanian territory.
		The station in Ohrid is scheduled for completion in the first part of next year, and on the Prespa Lake, in Resen, the water purification facility should be rehabilitated sometime in 2005.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/sep2003/2003-09-29-02.asp (706 words)

	One World Journeys Member Submission: Ohrid Lake Suffers Pollution And Overfishing
		Today Macedonia and Albania who share the lake shore are facing the possibility of impose a 5 years moratorium on fishing in the Ohrid Lake.
		The concession for fishing in the lake is used by the local company, which together with the police authorities is responsible to monitor the area.
		At present the main question on the Lake Ohrid is whether the locals will succeed to safe one of the oldest lakes in the world on time.
	www.oneworldjourneys.com /stories/story.cfm/storyid/249 (691 words)

	Ohrid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ohrid (ancient Lichnydos) is a leading tourist center on the shore of beautiful Lake Ohrid.
		The cathetral church of Sveta Sofija (The Holy Wisdom), which was the seat of the Archbishopric of Ohrid for several centuries is is the oldest surviving church in Ohrid.
		Only a few meters further on it flows into Lake Ohrid, from which it emerges on the other end of the lake to flow through the little town of Struga.
	www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/cities/Ohrid (315 words)

	Ohrid Lake
		The lake is one of the largest biological reserves in Europe, possessing unique flora and fauna which are extinct elswere.
		Only Lake Ohrid, Lake Tanganyka, Lake Caspi, and Lake Baikal are believed to have been formed during the Tertiary Period some 2-4 million years ago, and hence these lakes are characterized by unique flora and fauna distinct to that period.
		A clear danger exists to maintaining the long-term ecological stability of Lake Ohrid, unless action is taken to improve environmental management of the catchment area and the shoreline to prevent the accumulation of pollutants in the lake.
	enrin.grida.no /htmls/macedon/soe/page12a.html (449 words)

	Ohrid Lake
		Ohrid Lake is one of the oldest lakes in the World with very special and interesting flora and fauna from the terciary period (2-4 million years old).
		Parts of the lake are environmentally inbalanced: in certain parts heavy metal and pesticide concentrations have been found, while some species of fish such as the Carpe and Californian trout have been introduced into the lake.
		Ohrid Lake is the biggest lake where 146 endemic spieces live amongst which is the famous Ohrid trout.
	www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/077/ohridsko_ezero_eng.htm (239 words)

	Critical Languages Institute
		Located on picturesque Lake Ohrid, the city of Ohrid is in the southwestern corner of the Republic of Macedonia, and is the premier resort region of this former Yugoslav republic.
		Lake Ohrid, the largest inland lake in the Balkans, keeps Ohrid naturally cool in the summer.
		The Ohrid practicum is open to all ASU and non-ASU undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to non-degree students.
	www.asu.edu /clas/reesc/cli/ohrid1.htm (325 words)

	REC: Beyond Boundaries: Case Examples: FYR Macedonia
		Ohrid Lake, one of the largest natural lakes in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, sits on the country's border with Albania.
		The lake is mostly polluted by organic and non-organic chemicals and urban waste substances.
		Since most of the inhabitants of Ohrid town were involved in the tourism sector, the decline in tourism has become the main cause of the growing rate of unemployment (currently at 30 percent).
	www.rec.org /REC/Publications/BndBound/Macedonia.html (1325 words)

	Ohrid
		Ohrid is a town-museum and a cultural treasury of Macedonia.It has often been referred to as the "Balcan Jerusalem".
		In the vicinity of Ohrid is town of
		In the centre of Ohrid there is a few modern hotels.Comfortable accomodation is also provided in private houses where the hospitable hosts provide everything to make their guests feel at home.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/muses/173/ohrid.htm (441 words)

	Champlain 2000: Lake Ohrid
		Lakes Ohrid and Champlain became Sister Lakes in 1996 with the signing of the Sister Lake Declaration of Intent among Macedonia, Albania, Vermont, New York, and Quebec.
		In June 2000, representatives from Lake Ohrid and several other international lakes toured Lake Champlain as part of the Lake Net Conference on a partnership approach to watershed management.
		Lake Toba is another sister to Lake Champlain that is using the LCBP as a model.
	www.lcbp.org /c2k/ohrid.htm (344 words)

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