Busnieku [1] [4] [5] ( outmoded Busnieku -Ezers [6] , Butnek [7] , Bushen [8] ; Latvian Būšnieku ezers [5] , Lošu ezers [5] ) is a shallow, low-flow lake of lagoon origin [2] in the Primorsky Lowlands of the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in the northwest of the Latvia . It is located within the northern part of the administrative territory of the city of Ventspils , 5.6 km northeast of its historical center. Two settlements are located near the lake: Pipiki and Busnieki [1] [9] [9] .
| Lake | |
| Bushnieku | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Bušnieku ezers | |
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| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 11.1 [1] m |
| Dimensions | 3 [2] × <1.4 [2] km |
| Area | 3.3 [2] km² |
| Volume | 0.004 [2] km³ |
| Coastline | 7.6 [2] km |
| Deepest | 2.8 [2] m |
| Average depth | 1.2 [2] m |
| Hydrology | |
| Transparency | 1,5 [3] m |
| Swimming pool | |
| Pool area | 77.5 [2] km² |
| Flowing river | Clan Bushnieku |
| Flowing river | Loshupe |
| Water system | Loshupe → Baltic Sea |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Kurzeme |
| City | Ventspils |
The surface area is 3.3 km² [5] . The average depth is 1.2 m [3] , the height above sea level is 11.1 m [1] .
 Lake Busnieku, the village of Busnieki (right) and Oleni park (in the foreground) | ||||
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The lake is located in a pine forest on the northern edge of the Ventava Plain , 1.3 km from the coast of the Baltic Sea, communicating with it through the Loshupe channel (Loshu [11] ). It has an oval shape, oriented in the north-south direction. The shores are most marshy in the west and north. The bottom is silty. The water level in the lake is regulated by a reinforced concrete dam on Loshup near its mouth on the northeast coast [3] . From the southeast side, the channel flows into the lake, flowing from lake , located 7 km east [1] [9] . In 2004, on the western shore of the lake with an area of 51 hectares, the nature reserve “Lake Busnieku” ( Latvian. Būšnieku ezera krasts ) was formed [2] [10] .
Ichthyofauna
In the lake there are: pike ( Latin Esox lucius ), rudd ( Latin Scardinius erythrophthalmus ), roach ( Latin Rutilus rutilus ), tench ( Latin Tinca tinca ), crucian carp ( Latin Carassius carassius ), bream ( Latin Abramis brama ) and perch ( lat. Perca fluviatilis ) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Map sheet O-34-92 Ventspils . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1986. 1988 edition
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Īpaši aizsargājamas dabas teritorijas dabas lieguma “Būšnieku ezera krasts” dabas aizsardzības plāns (Latvian) . daba.gov.lv (2008). - Nature Conservation Plan for the “Shores of Lake Busnieku”. Date of appeal October 27, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Būšnieku ezers (Latvian) . - Information about the lake in the database of the site “Ezeri.lv” (Latvian) (English) . Date accessed September 23, 2018. Archived September 23, 2018.
- ↑ 3.1.5. The emphasis in the Latvian language falls on the first syllable (both in simple and in complex words) // Instruction on the Russian transfer of geographical names of the Latvian SSR / Compiled by G. N. Savvina . Editor: V.E. Staltman . - Moscow: TsNIIGAiK , 1989. - P. 14. - 300 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Būšnieku ezers (Latvian) . - Information about the object in the public version of the database of toponyms of Latvia (8th edition, published July 28, 2017) on the website of the Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LĢIA): lgia.gov.lv (Latvian) . Date accessed September 23, 2018. Archived September 23, 2018.
- ↑ Map sheet O-34-XXII Scale: 1: 200 000. 1941 edition.
- ↑ Sheet 1 of row VII . The military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846–1863, created under the leadership of F. F. Schubert and P. A. Tuchkov . Scale: 3 versts per inch (1: 126,000) . 1913 edition. ( View with reference )
- ↑ Sheet XVI. "A special map of the Western part of the Russian Empire, drawn up and engraved in a 1/420000 share of the true size at the Military Topographic Depot, during the management of Quartermaster Neidgart under the leadership of Lieutenant General Schubert." Scale: 10 versts per inch ( 1: 420,000 ). 1832 edition.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Data was obtained using the map service on the website balticmaps.eu (Latvian) (Russian ) (Russian ) .
- ↑ 1 2 Dabas liegums "Būšnieku ezera krasts" (Latvian) . - Information on the website of the Latvian Environmental Protection Agency daba.gov.lv (Latvian) . Date of treatment October 27, 2017. Archived October 27, 2017.
- ↑ Map sheet O-34-92-B .