Am Kezenoi Lake - the largest alpine lake in the North Caucasus. Located Kezenoi Am almost at the border with the Republic of Dagestan on the southern slopes of the Andean mountain range at an altitude of 1870 m. The area of ​​the water surface of the lake - about 2, 5 sq. km and depth - about 80 m.

The lake was formed after the earthquake as a result of a landslide that occurred in ancient times. This landslide has blocked the gorge of two rivers and Kauhi Horsum and created at the end of the south-western "blade" natural gigantic dam with a height of about 100 m. River Kauha Harsum and completely filled the closed mountain gorge dam, resulting in an amazing mountain lake.

Sprawled in the middle covered with a green carpet of vegetation, mountains and rocks blue lake looks very beautiful. Scientists have noted that the space around the lake and the water itself in it - therapeutic. It is a white butterfly habitat Apollo, indicating that the Clean Air Act, and the lake can be found eyzenamsky species of trout, which in view of its uniqueness has been listed in the Red Book.

For the extraordinary beauty of the lake is considered to be not only the attraction of the Chechen Republic, but of the entire Caucasus.

Kezenoi Am is situated in the mountain steppes and meadows. The unique beauty of different mountain meadows during the flowering period. The climate around Lake was amazing throughout the year dominated by sunny weather. Andean mountain range north protects against air masses. Precipitation falls here is very small - 400 mm. The lake water is cold and clear. In the summer, the temperature on its surface is about 17-18 ° C. In January-February Kezenoi Am freezes.

From the height of the pass Haram opened amazingly beautiful panorama: a wide valley with turquoise-blue bowl of the lake. Another feature of the lake is that it is almost never the waves, which is why in the 70th. XX century. here we built a first-class base of the Olympic rowing. In those years, it was the perfect place to stay for both locals and tourists. Today, this amazing area, unfortunately, empty.