Karambar Lake

Karambar Lake (Urdu: کرمبر جھیل), also known as Qurumbar Lake, is a high altitude lake located in Boroghil Valley, District Chitral, KPK,Pakistan. It is the 33rd highest lake in the world[1][2] and falls in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region, which is one of the world's richest biodiversity regions.[3]

Karambar Lake
کرمبر جھیل
Karambar Lake کرمبر جھیل is located in Pakistan
Karambar Lake کرمبر جھیل
Karambar Lake
کرمبر جھیل
LocationBoroghil Valley , District Chitral, KPK.
Coordinates
TypeAlpine glacial lake
Primary inflowsGlacier waters
Basin countriesPakistan
Max. length3.9 km (2.4 mi)
Max. width2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area2,634,400 m2 (28,356,000 sq ft)
Average depth52 m (171 ft)
Surface elevation4,272 meters (14,016 ft)

Alternate names

The lake is also known as Qurumbar Lake in some references and alternately is spelled as Karomber or Karamber.


This is the back ground of the people here. And you can breed your animals here without paying. No one else can interfere otherwise legal action will be taken

This is the land of Ishkoman people and the governance is also theirs. Government has nothing to do with this land

Hydrology

The approximate length of the lake is 3.9 kilometers (2.4 mi), width is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and, average depth is 52 meters (171 ft).[4]

Karambar Lake is the deepest lake in the valley with a maximum and mean depth of 55m and 17.08m respectively and is spread over a surface area of 263.44 hectares (2,634,400 m2). Water clarity level is 13.75 (Secchi Disc Reading), which is the highest value ever recorded in the literature of lakes in Pakistan.

See also
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References
  1. "The Highest Lake in the World". highestlake.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. "Tourists over the moon in KP's hilly resorts during Eid holidays". Pakistan Today. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. Shaheen, Hamayun; Shinwari, Zabta Khan (2012). "Phytodiversity and endemic richness of Karambar lake vegetation from Chitral, Hindukush-Himalayas". Pakistan Journal of Botany: 15–20.
  4. "Karumber Lake". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
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