Lake Usvyaty [1][2] is a lake in the Usvyatsky volost of the Ussvyaty Rayon of the Pskov Oblast, Russia. It has a water surface of 6.99 km² (699.0 ha) and a total surface, including islands of 7.03 km² (703.0 ha). The maximum depth of the lake is 3.6 m and the average depth is 1.4 m.[1][3]
| Lake Usvyaty | |
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 View of Lake Usvyaty | |
  Lake Usvyaty Location of Lake Usvyaty in Pskov Oblast | |
| Location | Pskov Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°45′10″N 30°41′59″E / 55.752872°N 30.699711°E |
| Primary inflows | Usvyacha River |
| Primary outflows | Usvyacha River |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Surface area | 6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) |
| Max. depth | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
| Water volume | 1.9 km3 (0.46 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
| Settlements | Usvyaty, Bondarvo, Dvoreets, Molitvino |
On the shore of the lake there is the settlement Usvyaty and the villages of Bondarvo, Dvoreets, Molitvino.
The Ussycha River crosses the lake, flowing from north to south-west. The river is part of the Daugava (Western Dvina) river basin .
Type of lake is bream-roach with a glue and pike perch. Mass species of fish: bream, pike perch, pike, roach, perch, gusher, rudd, ruff, glue, sink, burbot, crucian, tench, ide, loach, pinworm.[1]
For the lake is characteristic: in the littoral - silt, peat, sand, silted sand, in the center - silt, local frosts, in the coastal zone - meadows, swamps, wetlands [1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d [https://web.archive.org/web/20190630192011/http://priroda.pskov.ru/sites/default/files/Fond_vodoemov.xls Archived 2019-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Фонд водоёмов Псковской области
- ^ Карта N-36-002-D Масштаб: в 1 см 500 м
- ^ Государственного комитета Псковской области по природопользованию и охране окружающей среды. Рыбный промысел / водные биоресурсы
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