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Lake Sevan

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The largest lake in the Caucasus and in Armenia, a high-altitude lake that has long been central to the country's water supply, fisheries and hydroelectric power. Soviet-era diversion of its water for irrigation sharply lowered its level before later efforts to stabilize it.

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