Sarez Lake

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region · Tajikistan

Sarez Lake, Tajikistan
Photo: Hausibek, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
July to September
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A long, deep lake in the Pamirs formed when an earthquake triggered a landslide that blocked a river valley. Its remote turquoise waters lie behind a natural dam of fallen rock.

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