Sablauskių Reservoir

The Sablauskių Reservoir is a reservoir in Lithuania, in the Akmenė District Municipality. The reservoir is 7 km (4.3 mi) from Akmenė and 1.4 km (0.87 mi) from Alkiškiai. The shores are almost entirely covered in trees and bushes, with the shore itself being very winding. On the northern and eastern banks of the reservoir, there are forested areas. Around the reservoir there are many cultivated fields, a rural tourism homestead can be found here too.^[1]

Sablauskių Reservoir
Sablauskių Reservoir in the summer
Sablauskių Reservoir
Location	Sablauskiai, Akmenė District Municipality
Coordinates	56°15′27″N 22°52′48″E
Lake type	Artificial lake, reservoir
Primary inflows	Dabikinė, Šventupys (Dabikinė), Debrestis, Drūktupis, Daugupis, Kusupis, Pusupis, Lapupis
Primary outflows	Dabikinė
Basin countries	Lithuania
Max. length	5.9 km (3.7 mi)
Max. width	0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface area	1,227 km2 (474 sq mi)
Average depth	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Max. depth	3.5 m (11 ft)
Water volume	0.002 km3 (0.00048 cu mi)
Shore length1	19.71 km (12.25 mi)
Surface elevation	69 m (226 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

History

The Sablauskių Reservoir was created in 1975 for industrial water supply^[2] and in 2007 a 39 kW small hydroelectric power plant was built.

References

1. "Poilsis prie Sablauskių tvenkinio, sodybų nuoma". www.prieezero.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
2. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian) (3rd ed.). Vilnius. 1987. p. 607.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)