Bolta
About the lake
- Area: 50 ha
- Location
- 5 км юго-западнее Браслава, у д. Шалтени
- Operator
- Браславские озера
Lake Bolta is located in the Braslav District of the Vitebsk Region, 5 km south-west of Braslav, within Braslav Lakes National Park.
The lake covers 0.5 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 4.2 m (average 2.9 m). It is about 1.35 km long and up to 0.45 km wide. The bottom is flat and covered with sapropel. The shores are low and overgrown with scrub, with floating peat mats in the south-east.
A channel leads from the lake into Lake Drivyaty. The lake belongs to the Braslav group: several dozen lakes with a combined area of about 130 km², linked by channels and small rivers, most of them in the Druyka basin.
Fish
According to published sources, the lake is home to bream, pike, roach, crucian carp and tench and other species. The list of species is based on reference data and does not guarantee the presence of fish in any given season.
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