Myadel
About the lake
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Lake Myadel is located in the Myadel District of the Minsk Region, 4 km north of Myadel, within Naroch National Park.
The lake covers 16.2 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 24.6 m (average 6.3 m). It is about 6.3 km long and up to 4 km wide. The bottom is sandy in the shallows and covered with sapropel in deeper water. The shores are low and sandy.
The Myadelka River flows out, and a channel links the lake with Lake Knyaginskoye. 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. Naroch National Park includes about 40 lakes, and water bodies make up about 17% of its area.
Fish
According to published sources, the lake is home to pike, tench, bream, roach, zander, vendace, ide, rudd, crucian carp, burbot and wels catfish and other species. Eel, wild carp and whitefish are rarer.
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