Volos Severny
About the lake
- Area: 421 ha
- Location
- 6,5 км северо-восточнее Браслава, у д. Леошки
- Operator
- Браславские озера
Lake Volos Severny is located in the Braslav District of the Vitebsk Region, 6.5 km north-east of Braslav, within Braslav Lakes National Park.
The lake covers 4.21 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 29.2 m (average 7.3 m). It is about 3.56 km long and up to 2.5 km wide. In the deep part lies clay silt, the slope is covered with sapropel, and the northern and eastern shallows have boulders and pebbles. The shores are mostly low and sandy, boggy in places.
It is linked by channels to lakes Volos Yuzhny and Snudy. 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 whitefish, smelt, bleak, pike, roach, rudd, ruffe, perch, tench and European eel. 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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