Lake Usvyaty

Lake Usvyaty [1][2] is a lake in the Usvyatsky volost of the Ussvyaty Rayon of the Pskov Oblast. It has a water surface of 6.99 km² (699.0 ha) and a total surface, including islands of 7.03 km² (703.0 ha). The maximum depth is 3.6 m, the average depth is 1.4 m.[1][3]

Lake Usvyaty
View of Lake Usvyaty
Lake Usvyaty Location of Lake Usvyaty in Pskov Oblast
Location	Pskov Oblast, Russia
Coordinates	55.752872°N 30.699711°E / 55.752872; 30.699711
Primary inflows	Usvyacha River
Primary outflows	Usvyacha River
Basin countries	Russia
Surface area	6.99 km2 (2.70 sq mi)
Average depth	1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)
Max. depth	3.6 m (12 ft)
Water volume	1.9 km3 (0.46 cu mi)
Surface elevation	144 m (472 ft)
Settlements	Usvyaty, Bondarvo, Dvoreets, Molitvino

On the shore of the lake there is the settlement Usvyaty and the villages of Bondarvo, Dvoreets, Molitvino.

The Ussycha River crosses the lake, flowing from north to south-west. The river is part of the Daugava (Western Dvina) river basin .

Type of lake is bream-roach with a glue and pike perch. Mass species of fish: bream, pike perch, pike, roach, perch, gusher, rudd, ruff, glue, sink, burbot, crucian, tench, ide, loach, pinworm.[1]

For the lake is characteristic: in the littoral - silt, peat, sand, silted sand, in the center - silt, local frosts, in the coastal zone - meadows, swamps, wetlands [1]