Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро Macedonian: [ˈɔxridzkɔ ˈɛzɛrɔ], Albanian: [liˈcɛni i ˈɔhrit], also referred as Liqeni i Pogradecit;) is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species. North Macedonia's side of Lake Ohrid was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, with th…