The Great Lake

The Great Lake is located in the southeast of the Tver region, 50 kilometers northeast of Tver. A significant part of the lake is located in the Rameshkovsky district and belongs to the Volga basin. The area is 32 km, the deepest mark reaches 3.5 meters, the average depth is 2.7 meters. The height above sea level is 139 meters, the length of the coastline stretches for 30.1 kilometers. The lake has a relic origin and is the remnant of a large glacial lake.

The Great Lake is part of the Orshi-Petrovsky Lakes system and is one of the largest. It has an oval, elongated from north to south shape. There is no solid shore, the lake is surrounded by a swamp, only in the west, two kilometers from the Great between the Deep and White Lakes, there is a small island with hard soil, on which the settlements of Zarechye, Ostrovskoye and Petrovskoye are located. The lake is rich in fish, and the swamps around - berries, especially cranberries.