Yashilkul (; ) is a freshwater lake in

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its popul ...

, in southeast

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

, about east of the provincial capital of

Khorugh Khorog ( ), also Khorugh ( ) or Kharagh ( ), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500 (2020 ). Khorog is above sea level in the Pamir M ...

. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the

Pamir Mountains The Pamir Mountains are a Mountain range, range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya ...

, it has an area of with a maximum depth of . It lies from a similar lake,

Bulunkul Bulunkul is a shallow, freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan, in southeast Tajikistan, about 130 km east of the provincial capital of Khorog. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of 3900 ha with a maximu ...

, both of which are surrounded by other

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

s as well as sand and pebble plains. The lake forms part of the

Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area The Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area ( zh, 布伦库勒和雅什库勒湖和山脉重点鸟区) is a 1500 km2 tract of land in the Pamir Mountains of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in southeast Tajikistan. ...

References

Lakes of Tajikistan Important Bird Areas of Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region {{Tajikistan-geo-stub