Shatsky lakes
Shatsky lakes
Ukraine, Shatsk
Shatsky Lakes is a group of more than 30 lakes in Lyubomlsky and Shatsky districts of the Volyn region, in the interfluve of the Pripyat and the Western Bug. Shatsky lakes are located among forests, in which a large number of sanatoriums and recreation camps have been built. To protect rare natural complexes in the Shatsky Lakes region, the Shatsky Natural National Park with an area of 32,500 hectares was created in 1983.
The greatest potential of recreational resources is concentrated within the Shatsk National Natural Park. The park consists of dozens of unique purest lakes, picturesque nature, healing climate. In total, there are 220 lakes in Volyn, and 22 of them are located within the Shatsk National Natural Park. Conventionally, they were nicknamed Shatsky, since they are located near the village of Shatsk. But each has its own name: Svityaz, Pulemets, Luki, Lucimer, Ostrovyanskoye, Crimean, Pesochnoye, etc. The largest of them is Svityaz. And under the name of the Holy in the park there are as many as 9 lakes. The oldest settlements include such villages of the region as Svityaz, Pulmo, Food, Ostrovya.
The largest of the Shatsky lakes are Svityaz (27.5 km², the second largest natural body of water in Ukraine after Lake Yalpug), Lake Pulemets (16.3 km²), Luki (6.8 km²), Lucimir (4.3 km²), Ostrovyanskoe lake (2.5 km²), Crimean (1.44 km²), Sandy lake (1.86 km²).
The Shatskoye Lake District is a plain within the Polessky Lowland. Its central part is characterized by the spread of lacustrine karst basins, which were formed in the Cretaceous deposits. The lakes lying in the middle of swampy landscapes arose as a result of the heaping of aluvium and the rise in the level of groundwater, provided that the territory is slightly sloped and there is no constant flow.
The shores of the Shatsky Lakes are low, gentle, composed of sand-pebble and biogenic material; there are swampy areas. The lakes are fed by precipitation and groundwater, as well as by water exchange through channels that connect some lakes.
In summer, the water in the lakes warms up well, in winter the lakes freeze. Water mineralization is moderate or reduced, its value varies from 75-125 to 200-250 mg/l. The color of the water varies from yellowish green in shallow lakes to emerald green in deep ones. The bottom is covered mainly with sandy-silty sediments, peat and sapropelic silts.
Perch, roach, pike, bream, crucian carp, box, catfish, loach, eel are found in the Shatsky lakes; Lucimir and the Black Big Lake - pike perch and Amur carp). Crayfish live in a number of lakes. Fish farms have been established near the lakes, for example, a pond fish farm with a breeder "Ladynka".
The shores of the Shatsky Lakes are nesting places for waterfowl (wild ducks and geese, swans, etc.). Most of the Shatsky Lakes are part of the Shatsky Natural National Park, they are also the base for scientific research at Lviv University and the Lutsk Pedagogical Institute.
