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Lake Muzkol Nizhneye.

Travels on lakes in mountains Almaty reserve.

“Just give me the stick. 
I will leave you the judge's rod,
and scepter,
and staff,
and an umbrella.
Just give me a stick, a simple tramp's stick,
and the road going beyond the horizon"

Leon Felipe. Translation by V. Stolbov.

Glacial lakes in Almaty Nature Reserve.

Moraine, flowing, fresh lake Muzkol Nizhneye (Ice Lake translated from Kazakh) is located at an altitude of 3369 meters above sea level, located in upper reaches of right tributary of Kok-Bulak River, on northern slope of Zailiysky Alatau ridge, on territory of Almaty Nature Reserve, in Talgar district, in south of Almaty region. 
The area of Lake Muzkol Nizhneye is 1463.83 square meters, the length of the coastline reaches 193.04 meters. The length of the lake from southeast to northwest is 71 meters, the greatest width in the central part is 33 meters. The lake extends from southeast to northwest.
The main filling of the lake comes from a stream 242 meters long flowing from the northern part of Lake Muzkol. The mouth of the stream is located in the western part of Lake Muzkol Nizhny. he distance from Lake Muzkol Lower to Lake Akkol is 1496 meters, to Lake Muzkol Upper 873 meters.
A stream flows from Lake Muzkol Nizhny, which is the right tributary of the Kok-Bulak River. Lake Muzkol Nizhneye is of glacial-moraine origin, fed by glaciers.
Geographic coordinates of Lake Muzkol Nizhny: N43°06'40 E77°28'54

Authority and photos:
Alexander Petrov.