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Wdzydze Lake

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Type
  
reservoir

Primary outflows
  
Wda

Surface area
  
145 km (56 sq mi)

Surface elevation
  
134 m

Outflow location
  
Wda

Cities
  
Wdzydze Tucholskie

Primary inflows
  
Wda

Basin countries
  
Poland

Average depth
  
15.2 m (50 ft)

Mean depth
  
15 m

Inflow source
  
Wda

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Wdzydze (Kashubian Jezoro Wdzëcczé), also known as the Kashubian Sea, Big Water and Szerzawa - is a lake in the Tuchola Forest in the Kościerzyna County (Pomeranian Voivodeship), in the region of South Kashubia.

Map of Jezioro Wdzydze, Poland

Holds the five linked lakes: Wdzydze, Radolne, Gołuń, Jelenie and Słupinko.

The whole lake is part of the Wdzydze Landscape Park.

The lake has many large islands ( including Ostrów Wielki which is inhabited, Ostrów Mały, Sorka, Sidły and Glonek), which the total area of them is 150.7 hectares. Through the lake the river Wda flows.

In the lake, which does not have a full connection with the Baltic Sea, lives the fish brown trout. Its presence in the lake is disputed by ichthyologists.

References

Wdzydze Lake Wikipedia