Lake Osveya

Large portable island, wide reed belt

The Aswejasee ( Lake Asweja, Belarusian Асвейскае возера or Асьвейскае возера; Russian озеро Освея or Освейское озеро; Latvian Asveja ) is in the extreme northern Belarus, with an area of 52.8 km ², a length of 11.4 km and a width of 7, 8 km to the Naratsch the second largest lake in the country. It is located in Rajon Werchnjadswinsk the Wizebskaja Woblasz in the drainage area of the Drissa.

Except for areas with a water depth of more than 3 meters of eutrophic shallow lake is almost completely overgrown with water plants. In the north and north-east it is bordered by a 350 to 400 m wide reed belt that provides good breeding conditions for birds. The lake is a 5-km ² drifting island that is currently in the West and the steadily through their surface overgrowth reduces the water surface. It is not shown on all maps. The uninhabited by people and excellent as a sanctuary island is mostly in solid, state -accessible. Wolves and moose, which they reached by a shallow ford, found in its dense vegetation refuge from hunters. In the Soviet Union was on her one of the most successful collective farms of the circle Asweja.

For water supply provide more than 15 streams and the river Vydrinka, the outflow is via the Degtyarovka channel. In recent years, the lake has its function as a habitat for fish and nesting birds lost more and more because of a declining water table. Cause of the water loss is next to a hydroelectric power plant on Degtyarovka channel may also run near the lake peat.