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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOKCHA (06K-CIAI; Armenian Sevanga; ancient Haosravagha)  , the largest lake of
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Russian
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Transcaucasia, in the government of Erivan, in 4o° 9' to 40° 38' N. and 450 1' to 45° 40' E . Its altitude is 6345 ft., it is of triangular shape, and
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measures from north-west to south-east 45 m., its greatest width being 25 m., and its maximum
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depth 67 fathoms . Its
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area is S40 sq. m . It is surrounded by barren mountains of volcanic origin, 12,000 ft. high . Its outflow is the Zanga,a
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left
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bank tributary of the
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Aras (Araxes) ; it never freezes, and its level undergoes periodical oscillations . It contains four
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species of Salmonidae, and two of Cyprinidae, which are only met with in the drainage area of this lake .

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