Bologoe (lake)

Bologoye (Bologovsky) is a lake in the Tver region of Russia , on the Valdai Upland ^[2] . Area - 7.87 km², length - 7.5 km, width up to 3 km. The coastline of the lake is 28.2 kilometers long and 172 meters above sea level. The average depth is 3.0 meters, the largest - 4.3 meters.

Lake
Bologoye
Morphometry
Absolute height	172 m
Dimensions	7.5 × 3 km
Square	7.87 km²
Coastline	28.2 km
Deepest	4.3 m
Average depth	3m
Hydrology
Mineralization type	bland
Pool
Pool area	133 km²
Flowing river	Neftyanka
Location
A country	Russia
The subject of the Russian Federation	Tver region
Bogoe
Bogoe
Identifiers
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Lake Bologoe is an urban body of water; the city of Bologoe is located along its banks. Several small rivers flow into the lake; the small river Neftyanka flows into the Kolomenka ( Msta basin). The source of Neftyanka in the northern part of the lake.

The lake has a complex shape, mainly elongated from north to south, in the southern part of the lake forms a long bay with heavily swampy shores, gradually turning into Lake Glubochikha. The origin is hollow. The shores in the northern part are dry, city blocks in several places go directly to the water line. In the southern part of the lake there are low and swampy shores.

The lake is polluted by urban and industrial waste within the city. In the clean part of the lake there are 2 tourist recreation centers.

In 1879, on the shores of Lake Bologoye, archaeologist P. A. Putyatin, together with archaeologist and artist N. Roerich, discovered the Neolithic site of a primitive man. The main archaeological value on the Bologovka site was the skull of a dog (Canis familiaris putiatini, Studer) aged 6-10 thousand years. This find was called the “Putyatin Dog”. The skull is close in structure to the dingo skull.