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The lake drains an area of around 2,600 km² and is fed primarily by underground springs on the eastern shore (about 50% of total inflow), with roughly 25% shares from rivers and direct precipitation. Over 20% of the lake's water comes from nearby Lake Prespa, about 10 km (6.2 mi) to the southeast and at 150 m higher altitude than Lake Ohrid.
The biggest island in the Great Prespa Lake, within North Macedonia, is called Golem Grad ("Large Town"), and Snake Island (Zmiski Ostrov). The other island Mal Grad ("Small Town", in Albania) is the site of a ruined 14th century monastery dedicated to St. Peter. Today, both islands are uninhabited.
Largest lake in Romania 33 Kubenskoye: Кубенское озеро Russia: 407 157: 34 Lough Neagh: Loch nEathach, Loch Neagh: Northern Ireland ( United Kingdom) 383 148: Largest lake in United Kingdom, largest lake on the island of Ireland 35 Sheksninskoye Russia: 380 150: 36 Garda: Lago di Garda Italy: 370 140: Largest lake in Italy 37 ...
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This is a list of islands of the Republic of North Macedonia. Since the country is landlocked, all its islands are situated in lakes or rivers.The largest island in Macedonia is Golem Grad in Prespa Lake with an area of 0.18 km 2 (0.07 sq mi), and also the only one found in a natural lake (the rest are themselves natural, but situated in artificial lakes).
Dojran Lake, located in southeastern North Macedonia, is the smallest of the three major lakes with an area of 42.7 km 2. The lake is shared between North Macedonia (27.1 km 2) and Greece (15.6 km 2). [20] The town of Dojran is situated on the west coast of the lake, while the Greek village of Mouries lies to the east.
Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island. [17] 5: Michigan United States: Fresh 58,030 km 2 22,410 sq mi [14] 494 km 307 mi 282 m 925 ft [14] 4,930 km 3 1,180 cu mi [14] The smaller lobe of Lake Michigan–Huron. The largest lake (by area) that is located entirely in one country. 6: Tanganyika
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