# Zagedan Lakes, Mountain cirque, Caucasus Mountains

- By: Vyacheslav Argenberg
- Date: 2015-08-12
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zagedan_Lakes,_Mountain_cirque,_Caucasus_Mountains.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/8/88/Zagedan_Lakes%2C_Mountain_cirque%2C_Caucasus_Mountains.jpg/1920px-Zagedan_Lakes%2C_Mountain_cirque%2C_Caucasus_Mountains.jpg
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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.