Merzbacher Lake
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Merzbacher Lake is a glacial lake in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, famous for its periodic outburst floods when its ice dam collapses.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacial lake ⓘ |
| accessTown | Karakol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateZone | high mountain continental climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | ice dam ⓘ |
| discoverer | Gottfried Merzbacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1903 ⓘ |
| drainageType | subglacial drainage ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3300 m above sea level ⓘ |
| feedsRiver | Inylchek River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formationProcess | glacial processes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
floating icebergs
ⓘ
seasonal variation in lake area ⓘ unstable ice dam ⓘ |
| hazardType | glacial lake outburst flood hazard ⓘ |
| knownFor |
glacial lake outburst floods
ⓘ
periodic outburst floods ⓘ sudden drainage events ⓘ |
| lakeType |
ice-dammed lake
ⓘ
proglacial lake ⓘ |
| locatedBetweenGlaciers |
North Inylchek Glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Inylchek Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Tien Shan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tian Shan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Issyk-Kul Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Tian Shan Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Sarychat-Ertash State Nature Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Inylchek River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Kyrgyz hydrometeorological services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
international glaciological expeditions ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gottfried Merzbacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outburstCause | collapse of ice dam ⓘ |
| outburstFrequency | approximately annual ⓘ |
| outburstSeason | late summer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inylchek Glacier system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syr Darya headwaters basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| researchField |
glaciology
ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ natural hazards ⓘ |
| riskTo | downstream valleys of Inylchek River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mountain tourism observation point
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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