Bolshiye Shvakshty
About the lake
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Lake Bolshiye Shvakshty is located in the Postavy District of the Vitebsk Region, in the Postavy district of the Vitebsk region, 22 km south-west of Postavy and 8 km north-west of Lake Naroch.
The lake covers 9.56 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 5.3 m (average 2.3 m). It is about 4.2 km long and up to 3.4 km wide. The shores are low and sandy. The bottom is flat and the basin is shallow.
A channel links the lake with Maly Shvakshty. The area belongs to the Naroch region, one of the lake-richest corners of Belarus; the largest natural lake in the country, Naroch, lies not far away.
Fish
According to published sources, the lake is home to bream, pike, European eel, burbot, wels catfish, wild carp, perch, roach, rudd, tench, crucian carp, silver bream, bleak and vendace and other species. Vendace is listed in the Red Data Book of Belarus.
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