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Zagedan Lakes, Mountain cirque, Caucasus Mountains
2015-08-12
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
The Zagedan lakes are of ancient glacial origin. They are surrounded by karst rock formations in a mountain cirque, which represents a typical ancient glacial landform in the Caucasus Mountains. The glacier retreated about 11,000 years ago, leaving behind the landscape we see today. Zagedan Valley with high-altitude lakes. Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains, Russia.
