Tobavarchkhili lake

Lake Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Tsalendjikha district

Lake Lake

Tobavarchkhili (Megrelian for "Silver Lake") is a cirque lake on the southern slope of the Egrisi range, in Tsalenjikha municipality, 2,650 m above sea level. Surface area 0.21 km², catchment area 1.12 km², greatest depth 35 m, average depth 15.8 m, volume 3.3 million m³. It is fed by snow, rain and groundwater and has an outflow. Its level is low in winter and high in July. The water is fresh. It holds no fish.

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