Unbelievable flooded forests

Flooded Forest (submerged forest) - a term used to describe trees flooded. They have long been under the water column, peat or sand. Centuries later, the water came down and revealed the remains of once beautiful, plants.

Kazakhstan has a 400-meter lake Kaindy. The depth in the reservoir reaches 30 meters. It is located at a distance of 129 kilometers from the city of Almaty. Formed as a result of a huge landslide limestone. Rise above the surface dry trunks of flooded trees.













In the Romanian region of Transylvania there is an artificially created lake Bezid. It bears the name of the village, the site of which is now.











The lake Periyar in Kerala, India, can be seen rising from the water rotting tree trunks. In the past, there were impenetrable jungle.













Reservoir Udavalave in Sri Lanka has not yet had time to fill with water so to conceal the extent of forest, grown here once.











The largest dam in the world is located in Ghana, his name Volta. For hydroelectric power had to be moved 78,000 people.











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