Big and Small Al Lakes are situated on the southern slopes of Vardenis Mountain Range, in the north-west of Syunik plateau. Catchment area is 140 km2. Big Al Lake is on the height of 2729m, the length is 3,5 km, the width is 1,5-2 km, the surface is 5,3 km2, the maximum depth is 10 m. Small Al Lake is situated on the height of 2743m, the length is 1,5km, the width is 0,5km, the surface is 1,6 km2 , the maximum depth is 7m. The lakes have volcanic origin. There is a small area, something like a small gorge near the junction of old and new magmatic flows, which joins the two lakes. Al Lakes are fed by groundwater, melted snow and rainfall.
In some maps these lakes are met with the names Big Poraknalich and Small Poraknalich. Now the lakes are used for fish breeding.
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