Lake Shakshin

Lake Shakshinskoye, located in Transbaikalia, forms the Ivano-Arakhlei lake system and is the second largest (the largest is Arahlei). Shakshinsky (or, as it is simplified called, Shaksha), like other lakes, the system is part of the state landscape reserve. The lake has an area of 52.5 square kilometers, the greatest depth is 6.2 meters. The most significant depths are in the eastern part of Shaksha and are about a kilometer away from the coastline.

Shaksha's shape is elongated - a width of 6.6 kilometers, a length of 10.8 kilometers, and the coast is poorly indented. Fragile shrubs and trees grow on the east and west coast, the coast on the north side is lower, gradually turns into a swampy area covered with meadow grasses. The ice on the Shakshin Lake lasts on average from October to mid-May, the water warms up to 22 ° C in July-August. Today, lovers of fishing can hope to catch in the fresh water of the lake pike, roach, perch, eagles, pelyad, bream, sazans, catfish.