Lake Sebezhskoye
| Lake Sebezhskoye | |
|---|---|
| Sebezh | |
 Lake Sebezh | |
  Lake Sebezhskoye | |
| Location | Pskov Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°16′00″N 28°30′00″E / 56.266667°N 28.5°ECoordinates: 56°16′00″N 28°30′00″E / 56.266667°N 28.5°E |
| Type | lake |
| Native name | Себежское (Russian) |
| Surface area | 15.8 square kilometres (6.1 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
Sebezhskoye or Sebezh (Себежское) is a freshwater lake in the southwest of Pskov Oblast in Russia, close to the borders with Latvia and Belarus. It has a surface area of 15.8 square kilometres (6.1 sq mi). The lake takes its name from Sebezh, a town sitting on a low-lying promontory jutting out into the lake.
The lake surface lies 126 metres (413 ft) above sea level. Its maximum depth is 10 metres (33 ft).[1] In 1996, the lake basin with a cluster of similar lakes was designated the Sebezhsky National Park.[2]
The biggest tributary of the lake is the , which drains into Lake Sebezhskoye from the east. The outflow of the lake is the which flows to the west and crosses a narrow, several hundred meters wide, stretch of land separating Lake Sebezhskoye and , another big lake in the area. Both lakes belong to the drainage basin of the Daugava.
References[]
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "The official website of Sebezhsky National Park" (in Russian). National Park Sebezhsky. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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