Engure lake

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Engure lake
Engures ezers pie Dzedriem.jpg
Geographical location Kurzeme , Latvia
Places on the shore Mērsrags
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Coordinates 57 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 57 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
Lake Engure (the Latvian river system)
Engure lake
Altitude above sea level f13.2 m
surface 41.31 km² (1998)dep1
length 17.9 kmdep1
volume 0.0168 km³dep1
Maximum depth 2.1 m
Middle deep 0.4 m
Catchment area 644 km²dep1
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The Engure Lake (also Angernsee ; Latvian : Engures ezers ) is a lake on the west coast of the Riga Bay in western Latvia . It is the third largest lake in Latvia.

The shallow lagoon lake is separated from the sea by a 1.5 to 2.5 km wide dune . The rivers Dzedrupe, Dursupe and Jurģupe flow into the lake. The outflow is via the Mērsrags Canal (Latvian: Mērsraga kanāls), the construction of which in 1842 lowered the water level of the lake by 1.5 meters. The subsoil under a layer of digested sludge up to 6 meters deep is sandy with dolomite rocks . The shores of the lake are heavily overgrown, so that the actual water surface can only be seen from a few places. The reeds are cut and used economically. The islands of the lake cover a total area of ​​85 hectares.

Nature reserve

There are 16 species of fish in the lake. The lake has an important function as a breeding area for sometimes rare bird species. Several wooden towers and a laboratory for bird watchers have been built on the bank . Although the lake is part of a nature reserve, you can fish in some places. It is also possible to rent boats.

literature

  • Guntis Kavacs (Ed.): Latvijas daba. Enciklopēdija. Volume 2: Don - Kņ. Latvijas Enciklopēdija, Rīga 1995, ISBN 5-89960-051-9 .

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