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Photo «Озеро Кругле з висоти» — Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped

karst lake

Kruhle

Кругле

Shatsk National Nature Park

Verified dataset

Key facts

Kruhle is one of the smallest and shallowest karst lakes of the Shatsk group. It forms a link in the flow-through cascade between Liutsymyr and Dovhe.

Area
0.086 km²
Maximum depth
2 m
Average depth
0.3 m
Shoreline
1.5 km

Ichthyofauna

Fish of the lake

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What to know

Lake in detail

  • One of the smallest lakes of the Shatsk group; the basin is karst, cut into chalk deposits.
  • Part of the flow-through cascade Liutsymyr–Kruhle–Dovhe–Plotychchia–Krymne, joined by canals dug before the Second World War.
  • Belongs to the “very shallow” class of lakes in the group.
  • The lake-specific description names perch, roach, crucian carp and pike directly; no open scientific control survey was found for Kruhle.
  • The source does not resolve “crucian carp” to a species, so the record is matched to the native crucian carp only with moderate confidence.

State and recreation

The lake today

Recreation

On the “Lost Lake” walking route the park explicitly prohibits taking fish by any means; check the current rules for the area with the park before visiting.

Hydrology

Documented connections

Geography and access

Places nearby

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Language note

Editorial scope

This English profile carries the full narrative, chronology and local traditions. Source titles stay in their original language, and the Ukrainian page remains the reference version.

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Sources

Source titles are retained in their original language.

Photo «Озеро Кругле з висоти» — Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped