Lake Clya
Nikolaevsky district, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia.
Description:
Chelya is a large fresh lake located in the Nikolaevsky district of the Khabarovsk Territory, near the mouth, in the Amur basin. On the shore there is a village with the same name.
The lake was discovered in 1851 by D.I. Orlov, a Russian explorer. The area is 140 kilometers, the depth is up to 2.6 meters. The highest water level is in August-September, it depends on the floods on the Amur River, with which Chlya is connected by the Glinskaya River. Through the river Podgornaya is connected to Lake Orel.
It freezes in October-November. The banks are covered by a dense forest, they are steep, and in the south-western part are swampy and low-lying.
14 kilometers north of the lake is a deposit of porcelain stone called White Mountain. The reserve of stone is 15 million cubic meters.
Fishing is conducted on the lake, it is inhabited by a ket.