Lake Chervonoye

Lake Chervonoye
Lake Chervonoye
	Lake Chervonoye
Coordinates	52°24′N 27°57′E / 52.4°N 27.95°ECoordinates: 52°24′N 27°57′E / 52.4°N 27.95°E
Lake type	Freshwater
Native name	Чырвонае возера (Belarusian)
Primary outflows	Zhitkovichskij, Oziornij
Catchment area	353 km2 (136 sq mi)
Basin countries	Belarus
Surface area	40.8 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Average depth	0.7 m (2.3 ft)
Max. depth	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Water volume	0.04 km3 (0.0096 cu mi)
Shore length1	30.8 km (19.1 mi)
Frozen	December–April
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Chervonoye (Belarusian: Чырвонае возера, pronounced [tʂɨrˈvonaje ˈvozʲera]; Russian: Червоное озеро) is a large freshwater lake in the Zhytkavichy Raion, Gomel Oblast of Belarus. Located at around 52°24′N 27°57′E / 52.4°N 27.95°E / 52.4; 27.95, it has an area of 40.8 km² (15.8 sq mi) and a maximum depth of about 2.9 m (9.5 ft).^[2]

The lake is used for fishery and is the third largest lake in Belarus.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WLDBook - Lake Chervonoje". World Lake Database. International Lake Environment Committee. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Main characteristics of the largest lakes of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Research Laboratory for Lake Study of the Belarus State University. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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