Dvin-Velinskoye Lake
Kunya district, in the southeast of the Pskov region.
Description:
Dvin-Velinskoye Lake is located in the southeastern side of the Pskov region in the Kunin district. With a maximum depth of seven meters, its area is 52.6 square kilometers. The unusualness of this flowing lake is that it consists of two reservoirs - Lake Velinsky and Lake Dvinye. The lakes are connected by a duct with an interesting name Gate.
It is worth noting that the type of lake is bream-chasing. The water is filled with a variety of fish: Bream, roach, perch, pike, gooster, perch, red-fin, glue, mould, yarsh, bluish, catfish, eel, molt, carp, pellet, sander, ulcer, pinch, fir, vin.
The low and sloping banks of the Dvin-Velinskoye reservoir are partially swamped. Thanks to the Gate duct, the reservoir is divided into two different full-fledged avenues: Dvinje, with a total area of 31.26 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 7 meters, and Velinskoye, whose area is 21.3 square kilometers, and the maximum depth is 4 meters. It is noteworthy that there are 9 islands on the territory of the Dvinye reservoir, and they are absent on Velinsky.