Raka
About the lake
- Area: 77.2 ha
- Location
- 5 км западнее Браслава, у д. Зарачье
- Operator
- Браславские озера
Lake Raka is located in the Braslav District of the Vitebsk Region, 5 km west of Braslav, within Braslav Lakes National Park.
The lake covers 0.83 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 17 m. It is about 3 km long and up to 0.76 km wide. The bottom is sandy in the shallows and silty deeper. The shores are mostly high with scrub and sparse woodland, low and boggy in the north.
Streams flow in from lakes Buzhe, Mizeryshki and Rozhevo. The Raka stream flows out of 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, zander, pike, roach, silver bream, tench, rudd and perch 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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