Lake Smaller Ritsa

Lake Smaller Ritsa პატარა რიწა
View of Smaller Ritsa
Coordinates	43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°E / 43.47528; 40.50306Coordinates: 43°28′31″N 40°30′11″E / 43.47528°N 40.50306°E / 43.47528; 40.50306
Basin countries	Georgia
Max. length	530 m
Max. width	290 m
Surface area	2,95 km²
Max. depth	76 m
Surface elevation	1235 m

Lake Smaller Ritsa (Georgian: პატარა რიწა), located in north-western Georgia, is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The lake located at the Pshegishkha (2217 m) mountain bottom at the height of 1235 m,^[1] to the east from Gagra ridge in a river Iupshara basin in 5 kilometers to the west from the lake Big Ritsa. Feeds by snow, rain and underground water. The length of the Smaller Ritsa is 530 m and the width is 290 m. Maximum depth of the lake is 76 m. Surface area is 2,95 km². In the lake lives trout.

See also

• Lake Ritsa

Sources

• I. Abkhazava, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 7, p. 709, Tbilisi., 1984 year.

References

Lakes of Georgia
Eastern Georgia	Main Lakes Turtle Lake Lisi Ertso Bazaleti Keli Jandari Kumisi Paravani Tabatskuri Khanchali Saghamo Madatapa Khozapini Others Grdzeli Nakhevartba Qochebi Bateti Archvebi Bughdasheni Vachiani Zreski Tsunda Kakhisi Lamazi Levani's Mrude Great Jaji Lesser Jaji
Western Georgia	Main Lakes Paliastomi Ritsa Others Devi Imnati Chalaubani Japana Papantskvili Tobavarchkhili Smaller Ritsa Amtkeli Anishkhtsara Bebesiri Gagida Gorafi Inkiti Derikvaraadzishi Mzi Oqrotskali Tsisferi Nuri Mtsvane