Timurdara-i Karatogh

Timurdara is a flowing lake located in the lower part of the Kaznok River (the Karatogh river basin) in the territory of Shahrinav district.

Lake area — 0.11 km². Basin area — 22.7 km². Length — 500 m, width — 171 m. Depth — 15.9 m. Shoreline — 1400 m. In the period from the end of June to early September the water volume of the lake reaches 1,380,000 m³.

Descriptions

Lake Timurdara was formed as a result of landslides and the collapse of a mountain at an altitude of 1970 meters above sea level, in the northeastern part of the Karatogh River, between the Koschak mountain ranges to the north and the southern Hilolitoy, at a distance of 38 km from the center of Shahrinav district — the village of Shahrinav.

Chemical composition

According to the classification of natural waters based on the determination of hydrochemical groups by G. A. Maksimovich, Timurdara belongs to the hydrocarbonate hydrochemical region with a predominance of hydrocarbonate‑calcium waters. The table of this scholar is as follows: