Great Masurian Lakes
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Kraina Wielkich Jezior Mazurskich
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 Lake Śniardwy |
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| location | Warmia-Masuria , Poland | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 45 ' N , 21 ° 43' E | |
The Great Masurian Lakes (Polish: Kraina Wielkich Jezior Mazurskich ) are a mesoregion and lake landscape in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships in Poland . The region has an area of 1732 km², of which 486 km² is water.
location
The Great Masurian Lakes are part of the Masurian Lake District . The Równina Mazurska joins in the south, the Lycker Lake District in the east, the Angerapper Land in the north and the Sensburger Lake District and the Nizina Sępopolska in the west. The lake district is located in north-eastern Poland.
geology
The Great Masurian Lakes consist of a large number of large lakes in a moraine landscape. Characteristic of this landscape are glacial channels between the hills, created by the erosive effect of the meltwater when the glaciers melted , which later took up the lakes.
Lakes
The largest lakes are the Śniardwy (113.8 km²) and the Mamry (105 km²), which are also the largest lakes in Poland. The lakes are connected by rivers and canals, so that a large and dense network of waterways has emerged.
Rivers
The Great Masurian Lakes drain south over the Pisa into the Narew and Vistula and north over the Pregel .
colonization
The Great Masurian Lakes area is sparsely populated. Most of the small towns such as Giżycko , Mikołajki , Pisz and Węgorzewo are located on the banks of the great lakes.
nature
The area is protected by the Masurian Landscape Protection Park, which also has numerous nature reserves.
literature
- Leszek Trząski: Perły Natury , Wydawnictwo Videograf II, Kielce 2005
