| Liepāja Lake | |
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| Coordinates | |
| Lake type | natural lake |
| Primary inflows | Bārta, Ālande, Otaņķe |
| Basin countries | Latvia |
| Max. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water Bartuva ( Bārta in Latvia is a river in western Lithuania and Latvia. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 16. 2 km |
| Surface area | 37.15 km² |
| Average depth | 2. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares 0 |
| Max. depth | 3. 0 |
| Shore length1 | 44. 6 km |
| Surface elevation | 0 m - 2 m |
| Islands | 13 |
| Settlements | Liepāja |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Liepāja lake (Latvian: Liepājas ezers) — the fifth-largest lake in Latvia, located near Liepāja in Liepāja district. Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Liepāja (liepaja) is a city in western Latvia on the Baltic sea and the administrative center of Liepāja district. The Liepāja District (Liepājas rajons is an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Courland region in the country's west Total area of the lake - 37,15 km2, length - 16. 2 km, average depth - 2. 0 m, coastal line length - 44. 6 km. [1]
Liepāja lake is a shallow eutrophic coastal lake with extensive areas of emergent vegetation (Phragmites, Typha, Scirpus, Sparganium), surrounded by seasonally flooded meadows and arable land. A eutrophic lake (Eu meaning good/well and trophic meaning food/nutrients is a lake with high Primary productivity, the result of high Nutrient content Phragmites australis, the common reed, is a large perennial grass found in Wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the Typha is a Genus of about eleven Species of Monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Monogeneric family Typhaceae The plant Genus Scirpus consists of a large number of aquatic grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges many with the common names Sparganium ( Bur-reed) is a Genus of Flowering plants containing about 20 Species in Temperate regions of both the Polders and dams enclose most of the wetland area. In the lake are found 14 species of fish - pike, roach, perch, bream, crucian carp, tench, eel, vimba, burbot, carp, zander, smelt, bitterling and rudd. Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or sometimes yellow perch, a group of freshwater Fish belonging to the family Percidae Bream is a general term for a number of species of Freshwater and marine Fish, mainly but not exhaustively drawn from the genera "Crucian carps" is also used for the Genus Carassius as a whole For the submarine class see Tench class submarine. The tench or doctor fish ( Tinca tinca) is a Freshwater True eels ( Anguilliformes) are an order of Fish, which consists of four suborders 19 families 110 Genera and approximately 600 UserPolbot. --> Vimba is a genus of Ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family The burbot ( Lota lota) often referred to as a "junkfish" is a freshwater Fish related to the Cods It is also known as the lawyer Carp is a common name for various Freshwater Fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large Zander is a Species of Fish. The scientific name is Sander lucioperca (or Stizostedion lucioperca) and it is closely allied to Perch Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes In May only licenced fishing is allowed. Price of licence - 10 LVL (about $20). For common abbreviations see LAT (disambiguation The lats (plural lati, ISO 4217 currency code LVL or 428 is the From 1977 till 1999 the lake was an ornithological preserve with 2 species of birds - swans and ducks. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Swans are Birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and Ducks Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. Since 2004 the lake is included to European Union protected territories list - Natura 2000. Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas in the territory of the European Union. In 2008 the nature protection plan of Liepāja lake was developed by Grontmij Carl Bro company. [2]
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Islands
Liepāja lake has 13 islands, most notable from which are Atteku(-as), Zirgu, Pērkona, Putnu (kalva) and Ciānas island. On the east bank of the lake is located Friča grove, on the west bank near Pērkone is located Reiņu forest (Latvian: Reiņu mežs). See Grove for other meanings (disambiguation of the word 'grove' Pērkone (Perkuhnenhof Pērkons inn is a small suburban settlement in Liepaja district, near the sourth border of Liepāja, Latvia. Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia.
History
Historically the Liepaja lake was connected with Tosmare lake by the Vernen brook, but in the 20th century the brook was filled up. Later in the 20th century the Fortress canal (Latvian: Cietokšņa kanāls, Melnupīte, Russian: Чёрная речка), which connects the lake to the Tosmare lake and the sea was dug up. Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages In the second half of the 20th century the plant Liepājas Metalurgs built so called Golodov's dam to separate the polluted part of the lake from the rest of the lake. For the ice hockey club see HK Liepajas Metalurgs FK Liepājas Metalurgs (Futbola klubs "Liepājas metalurgs" is a
Rivers
Ālande, Bārta, Otaņķe (Brūnupe), Līčupe, Orbupe and Dorupe.
References
- ^ www.ezeri.lv "Liepājas ezers" (Latvian)
- ^ Liepāja official site (Latvian)
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