Lake Sevan Level Rises by 50 cm Compared to Start of the Year

The level of Lake Sevan has decreased by 2 cm during the period from August 10 to 16, 2026, reaching 1900.72 meters on August 16. This information was provided by the Hydro-Meteorological and Monitoring Center.

Compared to the same date last year, the lake's level is 15 cm higher, and it has risen by 50 cm compared to the level on January 1, 2026.

During the period from August 10 to 16, a total of 1.701 million cubic meters of water were transferred to Lake Sevan through the Arpa-Sevan water pipeline. From January 1 to August 16, 2026, the total volume of water transferred to the lake amounted to 167.156 million cubic meters.

During the same period, according to data from the Geghamavan observation point of the Hrazdan HPP’s direct discharge channel, a total of 10.835 million cubic meters of water were released from Lake Sevan.

From July 2 to August 16, the total volume of water discharged from Lake Sevan was 41.368 million cubic meters.