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Lake Osveya

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Location
  
Belarus

Surface area
  
52.8 km (20.4 sq mi)

Max. depth
  
7.5 m (25 ft)

Surface elevation
  
130 m

Shore length
  
33.4 km

Lake type
  
freshwater

Average depth
  
2 m (6.6 ft)

Catchment area
  
259 km²

Area
  
52.8 km²

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Lake Osveya or Lake Osveyskoye (Belarusian: Асвейскае возера or Асьвейскае возера; Russian: озеро Осве́я or Осве́йское озеро) is a large freshwater lake in the Vitsebsk Voblast, northern Belarus, near the borders with Latvia and Russia. It has an area of 52.8 km2 (20 sq mi), making it the second largest lake in the country. The Republic of Belarus's most extreme northern point is situated only a few degrees further north of the lake.

Map of Lake Osveya, Belarus

References

Lake Osveya Wikipedia