Wdzydze Lake

Wdzydze Lake
Wdzydze Lake
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Coordinates	53°58′31″N 17°54′19″E / 53.97528°N 17.90528°E / 53.97528; 17.90528Coordinates: 53°58′31″N 17°54′19″E / 53.97528°N 17.90528°E / 53.97528; 17.90528
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Wda
Primary outflows	Wda
Basin countries	Poland
Surface area	14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Average depth	15.2 m (50 ft)
Max. depth	69.5 m (228 ft)
Water volume	220,800,000 m3 (179,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	134.1 m (440 ft)
Islands	Ostrów Wielki, Ostrów Mały, Sorka, Sidły and Glonek
Settlements	Wdzydze Tucholskie

The view to the lake from a pier.

Wdzydze (Kashubian Jezoro Wdzydzczé), also known as the Kashubian Sea, Big Water and Szerzawa - is a lake in the Tuchola Forest in the Kościerzyna County (Pomeranian Voivodeship), in the region of South Kashubia.^[1]

Holds the five linked lakes: Wdzydze, Radolne, Gołuń, Jelenie and Słupinko.

The whole lake is part of the Wdzydze Landscape Park.

The lake has many large islands ( including Ostrów Wielki which is inhabited, Ostrów Mały, Sorka, Sidły and Glonek), which the total area of them is 150.7 hectares. Through the lake the river Wda flows.

In the lake, which does not have a full connection with the Baltic Sea, lives the fish brown trout. Its presence in the lake is disputed by ichthyologists.^[2]

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