Lake Malik

Lake Malik (Albanian: Liqeni I Maliqit, Macedonian: Маличко Езеро Malicko Ezero - meaning "small lake", Greek: Λίμνη Μαλίκη Límni Malíki) is an artificially drained lake in the north-western area of the Korçë Plain in south-eastern Albania.

The government took the decision to drain the lake after 1939 to combat malaria.

[1] The draining operation started in 1946[2] using convict labour[3] and it created new agricultural areas.

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