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- Albanian:
- Liqeni i Prespƫs
- Macedonian:
- Prespansko Ezero
- Greek:
- Limni Megali Prespa (āBig Prespa Lakeā)
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Prespa, Lake
Lake Prespa.
Lake Prespa
lake, Europe
Also known as: Limni Megali Prespa, Liqeni i Prespƫs, Prespansko Ezero(Show More)
Lake Prespa, lake situated on the North MacedoniaāAlbaniaāGreece frontier, with an elevation of 2,800 feet (853 metres) above sea level and an area of 106 square miles (274 square km). Fed by underground streams, it is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid. Most of Lake Prespa is in North Macedonia. Little developed until after 1945, in the 1970s Prespa became a tourist and fishing centre. South of Lake Prespa, or Limni Megali Prespa, is Limni MikrĆ” Prespa (āLittle Prespa Lakeā) on the Greece-Albania border. St. Achilius, a tiny island in MikrĆ” Prespa, was an early capital of the Bulgarian tsar Samuel (10th century).
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