Zaslawskaye reservoir

Zaslawskaye reservoir (Belarusian: Заслаўскае вадасховішча, Russian: Заславское водохранилище) is a water reservoir in the Vileyka-Minsk water system [ru]. It is the second largest artificial lake in Belarus. It is located only 5 km from the northwestern edge of Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.

Zaslawskaye reservoir
Satellite photo of the Minsk sea, 2019
Zaslawskaye reservoir
Location	Minsk Region
Coordinates	53°58′34″N 27°22′46″E
Lake type	Artificial
Basin countries	Belarus
Max. length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width	4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Surface area	31.1 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Average depth	3.5 m (11 ft)
Max. depth	8 m (26 ft)
Water volume	108.5 million cubic metres (3.83×10^9 cu ft)
Shore length1	55 km (34 mi)
Settlements	Zaslawye
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Description

Zaslawskaye reservoir is the second largest artificial reservoir of Belarus, second in size to the largest Vileyka reservoir. It was created in 1956 by a dam on a Svislach river in order to control floods in Minsk and to regulate the flow of the river. It is part of the Vileyka-Minsk water system.^[1] The bowl of the reservoir was a swampy floodplain of the Svisloch, Vyacha, Ratomka and Chernyavka rivers before flooding. It is located just 5 km from Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.^[2][3][4]

Gallery

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  Isles in the reservoir
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  Isle
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  Photo from a drone
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  Photo from a drone
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  Photo from a drone