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Lake Farka

189 m620 ft
Area
0.68 km²
Tonight
14°CClear · Wind 5 km/h E

Lake Farka is a lake at 189 m above sea level in Tirana County, Albania, 0.68 km² in area and 1.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
189 m
Length
1.8 km
Shoreline
6.9 km
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Lake

Lake Farka in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.8 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
6.9 km≈1¾ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Farka 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Farka terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Farka elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Farka weather

Tonight · Clear · 14°C (57°F) · Wind 5 km/h E

Lake Farka forecast for about 189 m.

  • Tonight14°–5 km/h E
  • Today14°21°–8 km/h W
  • Sun13°19°0.3 mm10 km/h NW
  • Mon9°20°0.4 mm13 km/h NW
  • Tue7°19°–10 km/h NW
  • Wed7°17°–8 km/h E
  • Thu10°17°–9 km/h NW
  • Fri11°17°0.2 mm7 km/h NW
  • Sat10°13°3.4 mm9 km/h SE
  • Sun9°15°1.3 mm9 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Farka

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Farka, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km ESE

    +2 more within 0.3 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Campingplatz Tirana

    3.4 km SW · +2 more within 6.3 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km ESE
Parking0.3 km ESE
Parking0.3 km E
Campingplatz TiranaCampsite3.4 km SW
Parking Camper FamilyCampsite5.0 km NW
Camping DajtiCampsite6.3 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
93.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
6.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
238 m low point 123 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 32.5%Built-up 30.0%Trees 28.9%Water 4.2%Cropland 2.0%Shrubland 1.6%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 104 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Wall Lizard5
  • Greek Plowshare5
  • Loose-flowered Orchid4
  • European Stonechat4
  • Meadow Brown3
  • Southern Skimmer3
Where it sits

Where Lake Farka sits

Region
Albania19Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Farka downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-07)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia