Lake Malik

Malik
Austro-Hungarian map from 1887 depicting Lake Malik on the bottom right side, south of lake Ohrid named "Jezero Mališko (Sovjav Gölü)"
Location of the former lake.
Location of the former lake.
Malik
Location within Albania
Location of the former lake.
Location of the former lake.
Malik
Location within Balkans
Interactive map of Malik
LocationKorçë County, Albania
Coordinates40°44′N 20°46′E / 40.73°N 20.77°E / 40.73; 20.77
Basin countriesAlbania
SettlementsMaliq

Lake Malik (Albanian: Liqeni I Maliqit, Macedonian: Маличко Езеро Malicko Ezero - meaning "small lake", Greek: Λίμνη Μαλίκη Límni Malíki) is an artificially drained lake in the north-western area of the Korçë Plain in south-eastern Albania.

History

The government took the decision to drain the lake after 1939 to combat malaria. The draining operation started in 1946 using convict labour and it created new agricultural areas.

References

  1. ↑ Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 0415062292.
  2. ↑ Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 0415062292.
  3. ↑ Owen Pearson (2006). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History. Vol. 3. I.B.Tauris. p. 188. ISBN 1845111052.
  4. ↑ IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1991). World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (eds.). Protected Areas of the World: Palaearctic. Vol. 2. IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. p. 84.