Lake · Gegharkunik Province

Lake Sevan

1,901 m6,237 ft

Area: 1,263 km²
Max depth: 81 m
Tonight: 7°CFair · Wind 5 km/h SW

Lake Sevan is a lake at 1,901 m above sea level in Gegharkunik Province, Armenia, 1,263 km² in area and 73.0 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,901 m
Length: 73.0 km
Shoreline: 247.8 km

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3D map

Lake Sevan 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Sevan topographic map

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-90 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Sevan elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Sevan satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Sevan in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 247.8 km

Weather

Lake Sevan weather

Tonight · Fair · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 5 km/h SW

Lake Sevan forecast for about 1,901 m.

Tonight7°–5 km/h SW
Today7°13°4.3 mm15 km/h N
Sun6°10°4.8 mm14 km/h N
Mon6°13°0.1 mm15 km/h NE
Tue8°14°–8 km/h NE
Wed9°14°0.8 mm8 km/h N
Thu9°10°5.4 mm6 km/h SW
Fri8°12°9.0 mm8 km/h NE
Sat7°12°5.2 mm10 km/h E
Sun7°11°0.1 mm8 km/h NE

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.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 90 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 705 m low point 1,901 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 50.2%Grassland 34.3%Cropland 9.3%Built-up 3.5%Trees 2.7%

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 10 km; 54 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Caspian Green Lizard6
Nairi Rock Lizard6
Armenian Gull5
Northern Wheatear4
Eared Grebe2
The Hermit2

Where it sits

Where Lake Sevan sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Kari3,188 m90 km WNW

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia