Lake Malik

Lake Malik (Albanian: Liqeni I Maliqit, Greek/Hellenic: Λίμνη Μαλίκη) 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

  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. 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. 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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