Savonar
About the lake
- Area: 76 ha
- Location
- 20 км западнее Браслава, у д. Мекяны
- Operator
- Браславские озера
Lake Savonar is located in the Braslav District of the Vitebsk Region, 20 km west of Braslav, within Braslav Lakes National Park.
The lake covers 0.75 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 3.8 m. It is about 1.42 km long and up to 1.01 km wide. The bottom is sandy in the shallows and covered with sapropel in deeper water. The bottom is flat: the western part is shallower (1–2 m), the eastern part is deeper than 3 m, and there is a sandy shoal in the east. The basin slopes, 5–10 m high, are overgrown with scrub.
Two streams flow into the lake, one of them linked to Lake Azhekhova, and a stream flows out into Lake Buzhe. 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 pike, bream, roach, crucian carp, perch, tench and burbot 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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