Lake Ohrid

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ancient lake lake tectonic lake

Lake Ohrid is one of Europe’s oldest and deepest lakes, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity and cultural heritage on the border between North Macedonia and Albania.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Ohrid canonical	20
Lake Ohrid beaches	1
Ohrid and Lake Ohrid	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient lake ⓘ lake ⓘ tectonic lake ⓘ
age	more than 1 million years ⓘ
averageDepth	approximately 155 metres ⓘ
basinCountry	Albania ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Albania ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 693 metres ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	freshwater lake ecosystem ⓘ
hasFauna	endemic fish species ⓘ endemic mollusc species ⓘ
hasFlora	aquatic macrophytes ⓘ
hasShorelineSettlement	Ohrid ⓘ Pogradec ⓘ Struga ⓘ
knownFor	cultural heritage ⓘ exceptional biodiversity ⓘ high endemism of species ⓘ scenic landscapes ⓘ
length	approximately 30 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Balkan Peninsula
locatedNear	Ohrid ⓘ surface form: city of Ohrid city of Struga ⓘ town of Pogradec ⓘ
locatedOnBorder	Albania–North Macedonia border ⓘ surface form: North Macedonia–Albania border
maximumDepth	approximately 288 metres ⓘ
outflow	Black Drin River ⓘ
partOf	Drin River ⓘ surface form: Drin river basin
primaryInflow	river Sateska ⓘ sublacustrine springs ⓘ
RamsarStatus	Ramsar wetland of international importance ⓘ
recognizedAs	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Europe
surfaceArea	approximately 358 square kilometres ⓘ
threatenedBy	eutrophication ⓘ pollution ⓘ urban development ⓘ
UNESCODesignation	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region ⓘ
UNESCOSiteSharedBy	Albania ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ
width	up to 15 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Macedonia → hasLake → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region → includesLake → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Ohrid → locatedOn → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Ohrid → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Lychnidus → locatedNear → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Lychnidus → waterBody → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

coat of arms of North Macedonia → lakeRepresents → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Albania–North Macedonia border → passesNear → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

city of Struga → locatedOn → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

subject surface form: Struga

town of Pogradec → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

subject surface form: Pogradec

Struga → locatedOn → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Struga → hasWaterBody → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Pogradec region → locatedOn → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Pogradec region → hasNaturalFeature → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

early Christian church of St. Sophia in Ohrid → locatedNear → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Samoil’s Fortress in Ohrid → overlooks → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Samoil’s Fortress in Ohrid → hasPanoramicViewOf → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ohrid and Lake Ohrid

Pogradec → locatedOn → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Struga region → borders → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Struga region → touristAttraction → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Ohrid beaches

Struga region → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

Black Drin River → sourceLocation → Lake Ohrid ⓘ

subject surface form: Black Drin