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Topic: Lake Prespa

	Macedonia FAQ: Prespa
		Prespa was one of the hotbeds of the Macedonian liberation movement at the end of the 19th century.
		The shores of Lake Prespa in Oteshevo and Krani.
		Prespa lake is fed by underground streams, which inevitably flow in Lake Ohrid, since Prespa is higher than Lake Ohrid and is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid running under the Galichica mountain.
	faq.macedonia.org /travel/lakes/prespa.html (1055 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)

	Macedonia
		Lake Ohrid is situated in the furthest south-western corner of the Republic, 695 m.
		Prespa Lake Lake Prespa is situated in the south-western part of the country, at the juncture between Macedonia, Albania and Greece, 853 m.
		Lake Doyran is situated in the south-eastern end of the Republic at the sea level of 148 m.
	www.mymacedonia.net /links/geography.htm (1252 words)

	macedonia :: lake prespa
		The lake of Prespa covers and area of 274 sq km, of which 176,8 sq km are in Macedonia, 49,4 sq km are in Albania and 47,8 sq km are in Greece.
		The lake is contained from Golema Prespa and Mala Prespa and the second one Mala Prespa as a gulf, deeply enters in south-west between the Suva Gora and Galičica mountain.
		The length of the lake is 28,6 km and the width is 16,9 km.
	macedonia.cjb.net /land/lakes_prespa.htm (567 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)

	Prespansko ezero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Small Lake Prespa belongs to the Republic of Greece, and the Big Lake Prespa is separated the Republic of Macedonia (65%), The Republic of Albania (18%) and the Republic of Greece (17%).
		The lenght of the lake is 34 km, and it is 2.7 to 10 km wide.
		The lake is supplied with water from underwater resources and several rivers that flaw into the lake: Golema Reka, Brajchinska, Kranska, Istochna, Bolnska and Pretorska reka in Macedonia and Stara Reka in the Republic of Greece.
	www.prespa.org.mk /Angl_Web/Lake_prespa.htm (515 words)

	Lakes Travel - Macedonian lakes resorts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The picturesque Prespa valley is surrounded with wreath of high mountains: Baba from the east, Galicica from the west and Bigla from its north side, and with the beautiful Prespa Lake with the island of Golem Grad from its south side, which make the valley irresistible and attractive during all seasons.
		The most specific feature of the Prespa region is that besides the undoubt cultural heritage and the civilization present for centuries, - it still gives impression of untouched nature and is very interesting for adventurous tourism.
		The largest settlement in Prespa, among the 42 settlements, is the town of Resen, which is cultural and administrative center of the region.
	www.lakes-travel.com /prespa.htm (515 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database
		Lake Prespa (710 sq km) is shared with Albania (128 sq km) and Greece (124 sq km).
		The lake is situated in the southwestern part of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and covers 458 sq km.
		In February 2002, the Prespa Lakes were declared the first transboundary protected area in the Balkans by the prime ministers of Albania, Greece and the FYR of Macedonia.
	www.wetlands.org /RSIS/_COP9Directory/Directory/3MK001.html (560 words)

	Exploring Macedonia – National Tourism Portal. Provides travel tips, Accommodation and tour information.
		Through it, Lake Prespa supplies Lake Ohrid with water that comes out on the other side near the monastery of St. Naum and in the Biljana spring near Ohrid town.
		The Prespa region is ecologically speaking the cleanest part of Macedonia, its nature seemingly untouched by human hands.
		Prespa Park is the first cross-border protected area in Southeast Europe with 1500 vegetation species, 40 mammals, 11 kinds of amphibians, 22 kinds of reptiles and 23 kinds of fish and 26 Byzantium monuments of the 10 century.
	www.exploringmacedonia.com /?ItemID=8933B2A2A0281C49A5FF44D95618F277 (347 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Prespa National Park, Greece
		The nearest public transport to the Prespa Lakes is to the town/city of Florina 50km to the east.
		The region of Prespa is situated in the north-western corner of Greece, in the Prefecture of Florina.
		In reference to the Greek part of Prespa, the lakes are bordered to the west by Mount Vrondero and to the south by Mount Triklario which consist mainly of limestone and in the east the predominantly granite Mount Varnountas.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/Greece/mainland6/prespa-junr-04.htm (5147 words)

	Lake PRESPA Sub-basin
		The lake is surrounded by the forested mountains Pelister (2,601 m asl), Galichica (2,288 m asl) and Sfika (1,741 m asl) There are four islands in the lakes: two in the Greek part of Micro Prespa, and Mali Grad and Golem Grad in Macro Prespa in the Albanian and FYR Macedonian part respectively.
		The Prespa lake basin is generally characterized by permeable limestone in the western and southern part, while at the northern and eastern part of the area the water-impermeable granite rocks prevail.
		The lakes are bound to the Helsinki Convention (transboundary watercour-ses and lakes 1992) and the Espoo Convention.
	www.inweb.gr /workshops/sub_basins/19_Prespa.html (3006 words)

	Special places
		Also there are natural lakes like: the lake of Ohrid, the lake of Dojran and the lake of Prespa from witch the biggest meaning has the lake of Ohrid.
		The deepest (286 m) lake of the Balkan Peninsula it is drained to the north by the Drim River.
		On the southern part of the Republic of Macedonia between the Prespa valley on the west and the Pelagonia valley on the east is situated the Baba mountain with its peak Pelister on altitude of 2601m.
	www.imor.org.mk /programmes/bv/special.htm (2079 words)

	Society for the Protection of Prespa, Greece
		Prespa was, and in a way still is, a more or less isolated and remote area not only from a geographical point of view but also culturally and socio-economically.
		Prespa is situated at the northwestern part of Greece (Western Macedonia), at the borders with Albania and the former Yugoslavia.
		However, at present Prespa has problems common to all rural areas which are isolated and far away from urban centres: depopulation, sense of social isolation, low level of farmers' and cattle raisers' professional skills, difficulties in the marketing of the local products, inadequate services, impoverishment of biodiversity.
	www.ramsar.org /award/key_awards99_interview_prespa.htm (2355 words)

	Makedonija - Lake Prespa (English)
		65% of the lake is Macedonian, and the remainder is Greek and Albanian.
		The water from Lake Prespa, which is higher in altitude, flows into Lake Ohrid, running under the Galicica mountain.
		From the top of the Galicica mountain can be seen Lake Prespa to the east and Lake Ohrid to the west, a view which is breathtaking.
	users.tpg.com.au /users/gobrown/fyrom/prespa_e.htm (217 words)

	Lake OHRID Sub-basin
		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)

	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)

	LakeNet - Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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 /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8770 (1089 words)

	Macedonia FAQ: Ohrid
		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.
		Located on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe.
		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.
	faq.macedonia.org /travel/cities/ohrid.html (2324 words)

	Tour to lake Prespa: Go Macedonia, Center for Alternative Tourism
		Prespa is very uniquely situated and surrounded with mountains, and has its own interesting and long history.
		The village of Konjsko is situated on the south-east shore of the lake Prespa.
		The village of Brajchino is situated deep on the slopes of the mountain Baba that lies along the coast of Lake Prespa.
	www.gomacedonia.com /prespa.shtml (835 words)

	Lake Ohrid and the Prespa lakes
		The Region of Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes, situated in the Balkan Peninsula at the border triangle of Albania, Greece and Macedonia, embodies one of the largest biological reserves in Europe.
		The region of Lake Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes is situated in south-eastern Europe at the intersection of the borders of Albania, Greece and Macedonia (40
		Because of the karstic underground a large amount of water of Prespa Lakes seeps into the soil, drains away through a network of underground fissures, and supplies the springs located on the shore of Lake Ohrid; thus, these lakes represent a hydrological unit.
	allcoop.org.mk /TheRegion.html (249 words)

	Macedonian Cities -- Lake Prespa
		Lake Prespa is the second largest natural lake in Macedonia.
		Lake Prespa is rich with 24 endemic taxa, 13 fish species, six of which are endemic.
		This mountain separates Lake Prespa from Lake Ohrid and it was declared a national park in 1958.
	www.macedonia.co.uk /client/index1.aspx?page=366 (365 words)

	Lake Prespa - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Prespa, Lake, Albanian Prespës, Macedonian Prespansko, 112 sq mi (290 sq km), SW Macedonia, NW Greece, and E Albania; highest lake (alt.
		It is connected with Lake Ohrid by underground channels.
		The smaller Mikrí Prespa Lake is nearby; it lies in Greece and Albania.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Prespa-L.html (281 words)

	Environmental Fluid Mechanics Division - Sustainable Management of International Waters
		The Lakes Prespa and Ohrid form a unique hydrological system where the water from the Prespa Lake, which is at 850 m asl., drains through the carbonate rocks of the Galichitza Mountain into Ohrid Lake, which is at 695 m asl.
		In 1995, Prespa Lake, which is shared between Greece, R. Macedonia and Albania, was designated as a Wetland of International Importance.
		Though there were some variations in the water level of the Prespa Lake in the past, in the recent years a steady drop in the water level has been recorded with the largest decrease of the water level in 1996, seven metres below the highest level recorded back in 1963.
	www.wessex.ac.uk /research/divisions/envpages/internationalwaters.html (179 words)

	Ohrid and Prespa Lakes: UNESCO
		The Region of Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes, situated in south-eastern Europe (40°40’- 41°2N latitude; 20°23’-21°16’E longitude), extends across the borders of Albania, Greece, and Macedonia.
		Lake Ohrid and Prespa Lakes belong to a group of Dasseretes basins that originated from a geotectonic depression 2 to 3 million years ago on the western Dinarides.
		Lake Ohrid is so old and isolated by surrounding hills and mountains that a unique collection of plants and animals has evolved.
	portal.unesco.org /fr/ev.php-URL_ID=24171&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (372 words)

	Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shkodra lake in the Albanian territory is characterized by the diversity of shores and the land
		It is the second lake in terms of area (total 362 sq.km, one third belongs to the country) and the deepest both in Albania and Balkan Peninsula (max 287 m deepth).
		The lake of Flowers is really astonishing with the big white water lilies in summer, leaving the impression of a big garden created by the hand of a mastermind.
	members.albaniaonline.net /turizem/lakes (368 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Lake Prespa is a shallow basin with a maximum depth of 7.7m separated from the Megali lake (depth 55m) by a strip of land of alluvial origin, 1km wide and 5km long.
		Prespa, together with the neighbouring lakes of Ohrid, Megali, and Malik, are the remains of the old Dassaritis Lake formed in the west Pelagonian massif of the Adriatic confluence, probably of tectonic and karstic origin.
		The area around the lake was declared as a reserve in 1971 to protect the pelican breeeding colonies.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0064v.htm (1440 words)

	Albania - Topography
		Good soil and dependable precipitation, however, are found in intermontane river basins, in the lake district along the eastern frontier, and in a narrow band of slightly elevated land between the coastal plains and the interior mountains.
		The three lakes of easternmost Albania, Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa, and Prespa e Vogël, are remote and picturesque.
		Albania's eastern border passes through Lake Ohrid; all but a small tip of Prespa e Vogël is in Greece; and the point at which the boundaries of three states meet is in Lake Prespa.
	countrystudies.us /albania/44.htm (631 words)

	LakeNet - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Lake Ohrid from the Macedonian side (Photo courtesy Water Management of Macedonia) The lakes are located in the far southwest of Macedonia.
		Two-thirds of Lake Ohrid's surface area of 358 square kilometers belongs to Macedonia while the rest is in Albanian territory.
		Fishing boats on the Albanian shore of Lake Ohrid (Photo courtesy Galen Frysinger) According Dejan Panovski, responsible for implementing the project for Ohrid and Prespa Lakes, this is very big project, and it is very difficult to predict the time it will take for construction of pipes and water purification stations.
	www.worldlakes.org /shownews.asp?newsid=1422 (674 words)

	Lake Prespa
		Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
		The Great Prespa Lake (Albanian: Liqeni i Prespës, Macedonian: Преспанско Езеро, Prespansko Ezero, Greek: Limni Megali Prespa) is divided between Albania, Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
		The largest town in the Prespa Lakes region is Resen in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greece/Regions/LakePrespa.html (404 words)

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