Zaslawskaye reservoir

Water reservoir in Minsk Region, Belarus

53°58′34″N 27°22′46″E / 53.97611°N 27.37944°E / 53.97611; 27.37944Lake typeArtificialBasin countriesBelarusMax. 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)SettlementsZaslawye¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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.

Description

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]

Gallery

Isles in the reservoir
Isle
Photo from a drone
Photo from a drone
Photo from a drone

References

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