APELIK: Assessment and prognosis of environmental changes in lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyszstan)

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 99.0720

Key words (English)

Lakes; Issyk-Kul; water quality; contamination;
Coordination; Cooperation; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ICA2-2000-10003

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 2.1 Industrial and materials technologies

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

International Bureau for Environmental Studies (B),
Universiteit Gent (B), Birkanmaa Regional Environment Centre (FIN), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra; Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza' (I), United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy, Russia
Institute of Water Problems and Hydro Power (IWP & HP) of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR), Kyrgyz Republic

Abstract (English)

Issyk-Kul is a closed lake situated in the Tien Shan mountain belt of Kyrgyzstan, within one of the most populated areas of the country. The lake is affected by several environmental threats resulting from industrial and agricultural activities, and from a progressive increase in salinity.
The project will combine a multidisciplinary approach in order to understand and quantify the physical and chemical processes affecting the lake waters, and to study the hydrodynamical behaviour of the water mass in terms of the dispersal and deposition of liquid and solid contaminants entering the lake.
In summary, the project will quantify the present state of pollution and will present a scientific framework for the environmental protection of the lake basin.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 99.0720