Lake Kishäzers

Kishäzers is a lake in the northern part of Riga. It is the largest of the Riga lakes, on its western shore there is Mezhaparks (a park on the territory of which there is a golf club and Riga Zoo). Its total area is 17.4 square kilometers, and its length is 8.4 kilometers. The width of the lake reaches 3.6 kilometers, and the depth is up to 4.2 meters. Rivers such as Langa and Yugla flow into it. Thanks to the Milgravis duct, the lake is connected to the basin of the Daugava River, salt water also enters the reservoir through it. The bottom is sandy, partially silted, in places garbage and ash from CHPP-1 are caught. On the shore of the lake there is a lot of vegetation.