Zaslawskaye reservoir

Summary

Zaslawskaye reservoir (Belarusian: Заслаўскае вадасховішча, Russian: Заславское водохранилище) is a water reservoir in the Vileyka-Minsk water system [ru]. It is the second largest artificial lake in Belarus. It is located only 5 km from the northwestern edge of Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.

Zaslawskaye reservoir
Satellite photo of the Minsk sea, 2019
Zaslawskaye reservoir is located in Belarus
Zaslawskaye reservoir
Zaslawskaye reservoir
LocationMinsk Region
Coordinates53°58′34″N 27°22′46″E / 53.97611°N 27.37944°E / 53.97611; 27.37944
Lake typeArtificial
Basin countriesBelarus
Max. length10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Surface area31.1 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Average depth3.5 m (11 ft)
Max. depth8 m (26 ft)
Water volume108.5 million cubic metres (3.83×10^9 cu ft)
Shore length155 km (34 mi)
SettlementsZaslawye
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Description edit

Zaslawskaye reservoir is the second largest artificial reservoir of Belarus, second in size to the largest Vileyka reservoir. It was created in 1956 by a dam on a Svislach river in order to control floods in Minsk and to regulate the flow of the river. It is part of the Vileyka-Minsk water system.[1] The bowl of the reservoir was a swampy floodplain of the Svisloch, Vyacha, Ratomka and Chernyavka rivers before flooding. It is located just 5 km from Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.[2][3][4]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Водохранилища Беларуси - Белгидромет: Радиационно-экологический мониторинг - Минск". rad.org.by. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Минское море (Заславское водохранилище)". planetabelarus.by (in Russian). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Гид по Беларуси". belarus.by. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Минское море, Беларусь: история, описание, фото". vetliva.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Zaslaŭskaje Reservoir at Wikimedia Commons