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    Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero, [ˈɔxridzkɔ ˈɛzɛrɔ]; Albanian: Liqeni i Ohrit [liˈcɛni i ˈɔhrit]) is a lake which straddles the...
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    80167 Ohrid (Macedonian: Охрид [ˈɔxrit] ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and...
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    Ohrid trout or the Lake Ohrid brown trout (Salmo letnica) is an endemic species of trout in Lake Ohrid and in its tributaries and outlet, the Black Drin...
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    Macedonia is a landlocked country but has three major natural lakes: Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa and Lake Dojran. It has a water area of 857 km2, while its land...
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    Monastery of Saint Naum (category Ohrid Municipality)
    Macedonia, along Lake Ohrid, 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of the city of Ohrid, within the boundary of the village of Ljubaništa. The Lake Ohrid area, including...
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    "Evolution of Ancient Lake Ohrid: A Tectonic Perspective." Biogeosciences 7.10 (2010): 3377–386. Web. Nov. 2015. Lakes portal Species in Ancient Lakes (SIAL)...
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    the eastern shore of ancient Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. It is also the final major coastline wetland at Lake Ohrid and one of only seven marshes...
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    islands are uninhabited. Because Great Prespa Lake sits in limestone country about 150m above Lake Ohrid, which lies only about 10 km (6 miles) to the...
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    in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. The name Struga...
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    south, whereas its southern tributary, the Black Drin originates from Ohrid lake in the town of Struga, North Macedonia and flows north. Both tributaries'...
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    widest, making it the third largest lake partially in North Macedonia after Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. The lake was on the southern line of the Macedonian...
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    villages. The coat of arms of Ohrid (Macedonian: Грб на Охрид) is the coat of arms of the Ohrid Municipality, it depicts Lake Ohrid, Tsar Samuel's Fortress...
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  • ancient people that lived around the River Drin and the region of Lake Shkodra and Lake Ohrid, in modern-day Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. They...
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    of Lake Ohrid, it originally flowed directly into the River Black Drim but was re-routed in 1961/2. It now accounts for 39.36% of the Lake Ohrid watershed...
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    long. The Buna River connects the lake with the Adriatic Sea, and the Drin River provides a link with Lake Ohrid. The lake is a cryptodepression, filled by...
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    Црн Дрим) is a river in North Macedonia and Albania. It flows out of Lake Ohrid in Struga, North Macedonia. It is 149 km (93 mi) long and its drainage...
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  • (alongside Lake Ohrid). Ramsar status was confirmed in February 2021. SWS Europe Chapter has also released a Declaration on the Protection of the Lake Ohrid Ecosystem...
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    tourists in March 2008 increased by 44.7% compared to March 2007. In 2007, Lake Ohrid received about 250,000 domestic and foreign tourists. In February 2009...
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    number of unique and endangered animals. The three largest lakes, Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa, and Lake Dojran, are further areas of relatively high diversity...
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  • was also a water polo player. Nestor was the first man to swim across Lake Ohrid in Macedonia and the first Eastern European man to swim the English Channel...
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    Pogradec (category Albanian Ohrid Lake Coast)
    plain between two mountain chains along the southwestern banks of the Lake of Ohrid. Its climate is profoundly influenced by a seasonal Mediterranean and...
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    existing lakes in the world, the Lake of Ohrid, lies in the southeast, while the highest tectonic lakes of the Balkan Peninsula, the Large and Small Lake of...
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  • This is a list of settlements located on the coastline of Lake Ohrid which is located between the countries of North Macedonia and Albania. Settlements...
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     UNESCO. Situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe; Lake Ohrid is a superlative natural phenomenon...
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  • kingdom that was established by Bardylis was centered along Lake Ohrid and east to the Prespa Lakes, which was called Dassaretis later in Roman times, located...
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    rezervat „Ohrid-Prespa“; Albanian: Oher – Prespe, Rezerve Ndërkufitare Biosfere) is a biosphere reserve encompassing the area of Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa...
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    Lake retention time (also called the residence time of lake water, or the water age or flushing time) is a calculated quantity expressing the mean time...
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  • (Mobuto-Sese-Seko) Lake Chad Lake Edward Lake Fianga Lake Kariba Lake Kivu Lake Tana Lake Mweru Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan) Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) Lake Tanganyika...
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    belushka in Albania, is a species of freshwater salmonid fish, endemic to Lake Ohrid in Albania and North Macedonia. Salmo ohridanus is a relatively small...
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    Three large lakesLake Ohrid, Lake Prespa and Dojran Lake—lie on the southern borders, bisected by the frontiers with Albania and Greece. Ohrid is considered...
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