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There are about 1500 lakes in the Pamirs [2, 5], including small (≤1 km2) lakes with total water surface area over 680 km2, which make 97.5% of the total number but only 9% of their total area. The water chemistry of lakes in the Pamirs has very limited literature. An overview of Pamir research through 100 years from 1871–1971 [1] presents data on the geomorphology, geology, meteorology, soil science, flora, and fauna of this high-altitude land, but no data on this subject. At the same time knowledge of water chemistry allows to estimate the fresh water resources of Tajikistan as a potential source of drinking and irrigation water.
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Pachajanov, D.N., Patina, D.L., Volkova, N.I. (2002). Hydrochemistry of Lakes of Tajikistan. In: Klerkx, J., Imanackunov, B. (eds) Lake Issyk-Kul: Its Natural Environment. NATO Science Series, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0491-6_13
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