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Zaslawskaye reservoir

Coordinates: 53°58′34″N 27°22′46″E / 53.97611°N 27.37944°E / 53.97611; 27.37944
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Zaslawskaye reservoir
Satellite photo of the Minsk sea, 2019
Zaslawskaye reservoir is located in Belarus
Zaslawskaye reservoir
Zaslawskaye reservoir
LocationMinsk Region
Coordinates53°58′34″N 27°22′46″E / 53.97611°N 27.37944°E / 53.97611; 27.37944
Lake typeArtificial
Basin countriesBelarus
Max. length10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Surface area31.1 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Average depth3.5 m (11 ft)
Max. depth8 m (26 ft)
Water volume108.5 million cubic metres (3.83×10^9 cu ft)
Shore length155 km (34 mi)
SettlementsZaslawye
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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.

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Водохранилища Беларуси - Белгидромет: Радиационно-экологический мониторинг - Минск". rad.org.by. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Минское море (Заславское водохранилище)". planetabelarus.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Гид по Беларуси". belarus.by. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Минское море, Беларусь: история, описание, фото". vetliva.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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