Bright Lake is a closed lake in the eastern foothills of the Northern Urals in the Sverdlovsk Region , located 3.5 km east of the village of Vsevolodo-Blagodatskoye, Severouralsk City District .
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| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 162.2 m |
| Area | 3 km² |
| Deepest | 38 m |
| Average depth | 10-12 m |
| Swimming pool | |
| Pool area | 6.5 km² |
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| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Sverdlovsk region |
| Area | Severouralsk City District |
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The lake is oval in shape, stretched from the northwest to the southeast. The lake area is 3 km², the basin area is 6.5 km² [2] . The water level is 162.2 m [3] . The average depth is 10-12 m, the maximum is 38 m (the third deepest body of water in the Sverdlovsk region) [2] . The water is bright and relatively clear. At a depth, it connects to the Shegultan River through a system of karst wells.
A magnificent view of the Denezhkin Kamen mountain opens from the eastern shore [2] . There is a recreation center on the north shore. The lake is inhabited by pike, perch, crucian carp, gudgeon, roach, ruff, carp.
The lake and the pine forest surrounding it are the habitat for rare plants [2] , therefore, in 2001, a landscape monument of nature of regional significance with a protected area of 865 ha was created on the territory of the lake and the surrounding area [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 11. The Middle Urals and Cisurals. Vol. 2. Tobol / ed. V.V. Nikolaenko. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1965 .-- 240 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Light . URAL. Illustrated local history encyclopedia . Publishing house "Quist".
- ↑ Map sheet P-41-121,122 Catherine . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1983. 1988 edition
- ↑ Light Lake with pine forests adjacent to it . Protected areas of Russia .
Literature
- Arkhipova N.P. Reserved places of the Sverdlovsk region. - Sverdlovsk: Sred.-Ural. Prince Publishing House, 1984. - 160 p.