Lake Prespa

About Lake Prespa:

• It is one of the oldest tectonic lakes in Europe, and also the highest tectonic lake on the Balkan Peninsula.
• It lies at the junction of three major geological masses: a granite massif on the East, a karstic massif belonging to Galicica on the West, and the Suva Gora on the South.
• The region is famous for having rocks from the oldest Paleozoic form to sediments belonging to the young Neogene era.
• It is made up of the Great Prespa Lake (Albania, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia) and Small Prespa Lake.
• The majority of Little Prespa Lake, also known as Small Lake Prespa, sits in Greek territory, with just its southern tip crossing into Albania. 
• Rising temperatures and increasingly mild winters with little snowfall and a scarcity of precipitation have battered the lake.

Q1:What is a Tectonic lake?

It is a large body of water formed by the movement of tectonic plates. They appear deep and narrow and have unique aquatic life. Examples include: Lake Baikal (Russia) – formed by rift valley.

Source: Little Prespa Lake on Albanian-Greek border slowly dying

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