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at an altitude of 2,312 m is located at 150 m to the north of the first one and at 700 m to the northwest of
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at an altitude of 2,318 m through short torrential streams. That lake is very small and shallow and is the source of the river
Valyavitsa, a left tributary of the Demyanitsa of the
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175:Pirin National Park
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340:Lakes of the Pirin
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78:41°42′21″N
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