Medvedno
About the lake
- Area: 42 ha
- Location
- 20 км северо-восточнее Браслава, северо-восточнее д. Обабье
- Operator
- Браславские озера
Lake Medvedno is located in the Braslav District of the Vitebsk Region, 20 km north-east of Braslav, within Braslav Lakes National Park.
The lake covers 0.44 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 9.9 m (average 4.3 m). It is about 1.62 km long and up to 0.4 km wide. The bottom is sandy in the shallows and covered with sapropel in deeper water. The basin slopes, 8–10 m high, are covered with forest. In the bays the shores are low and peaty; aquatic vegetation grows down to a depth of 4.5 m.
The lake belongs to the Obabye group; a stream flows out of it into Lake Dubrok. 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
The species list for this particular lake is not given in open sources; for the Braslav Lakes as a whole, sources name zander, bream, roach, pike and eel.
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