Lake Malik

Austro-Hungarian map from 1887 depicting Lake Malik on the bottom right side, south of lake Ohrid.

Lake Malik (Albanian: Liqeni I Maliqit, Macedonian: Маличко Езеро Malicko Ezero - meaning "small lake", Greek: Λίμνη Μαλίκη Límni Malíki) is an artificially drained lake in Albania.

The government took the decision to drain the lake after 1939 to combat malaria.^[1] The draining operation started in 1946^[2] using convict labour^[3] and it created new agricultural areas.^[4]

References[]

^ Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 0415062292.
^ Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 0415062292.
^ Owen Pearson (2006). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History. Vol. 3. I.B.Tauris. p. 188. ISBN 1845111052.
^ IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1991). World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (eds.). Protected Areas of the World: Palaearctic. Vol. 2. IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. p. 84.

Coordinates: 40°42′30″N 20°42′00″E / 40.7083°N 20.7000°E / 40.7083; 20.7000

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[1] Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 0415062292.

[2] Francis William Carter (1993). David Turnock (ed.). Environmental problems in Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 0415062292.

[3] Owen Pearson (2006). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History. Vol. 3. I.B.Tauris. p. 188. ISBN 1845111052.

[4] IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1991). World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (eds.). Protected Areas of the World: Palaearctic. Vol. 2. IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. p. 84.

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