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Śniardwy

Lake in Poland

Field	Value
name	Śniardwy
image	Jezioro Śniardwy - Niedźwiedzi Róg 1.jpg
caption	Śniardwy in Niedźwiedzi Róg
location	Masurian Lake District
pushpin_map	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#Poland
coords
type	Glacial lake
basin_countries	Poland
length	22.1 km
width	13.4 km
area	113.8 km2
depth	6.5 m
max-depth	23 m
volume	0.65 km3
elevation	117 m
islands	8

| max-depth = 23 m Śniardwy (, ) is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.

At 113.8 km2, Śniardwy is the largest lake in Poland. It was also the largest lake in Prussia and in Germany, when Warmia-Masuria was under German rule and formed the southern part of East Prussia. It is 22.1 km long and 13.4 km wide. The maximum depth is 23 metres (75 feet). There are eight islands on the Śniardwy lake.

Geography

Śniardwy was formed by retreating ice sheet and draining floodwaters occurring as the result of ice calving ahead of the receding glacier. Among the eight islands are: Szeroki Ostrów, Czarci Ostrów, Wyspa Pajęcza, Wyspa Kaczor and others. Surrounding settlements include Popielno, Głodowo, Niedźwiedzi Róg, Okartowo, Nowe Guty, Zdęgowo and Łuknajno.

Among the many inlets, two are named as separate lakes: Warnołty and Seksty. Śniardwy connects with the following lakes: Tuchlin, Łuknajno, Mikołajskie, Roś, Białoławki and Tyrkło. It is surrounded by the system of canals known as Kanały Mazurskie (Masurian Canals), with numerous sluices. Together, they form the Polish Masurian Lake District.

It is one of the few reservoirs that has 2 surface outflows: Jeglin Canal, leading to Lake Roś, and the Wyszka River, flowing into Lake Białoławki. Both watercourses have a regulated flow (lock, weir).

Bibliography

J. Szynkowski, Mazury. Przewodnik, Kengraf Kętrzyn, 2003

References

Bednarz, Klaus. (June 2010). "Ferne und Nähe".
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[http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/Details/lake/EUR-30 Lake Śniardwy at the International Lake Environment Committee webpage]

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