Krymne

Water

Published water indicators

Transparency

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pH

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Total dissolved solids

246 mg/L

Dissolved oxygen

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Water type

calcium bicarbonate

Ichthyofauna

Ecosystem

Flora and birds

What to know

Lake in detail

• The far north-eastern link of the Shatsk cascade, 2–3 km east of Pisochne and close to the village of Melnyky.
• The Ryta river rises from the lake and for tens of kilometres marks the border between Ukraine and Belarus.
• A southern watercourse connects the lake to Lake Plotychchia.
• A small island sits in the middle of the lake, and the shores contrast sharply: boggy stretches beside high chalk and sandy slopes.
• The official water-management description reports 25 fish species but names only bream, pike, pike-perch, roach, weatherfish, carp and “Canadian catfish”, so profiles exist only for those attested records.
• The name “Canadian catfish” is matched to the brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus, naturalised in the Shatsk district, with the caveat that the common name is taxonomically ambiguous.
• Fed by precipitation and inflow; in shallow, overgrown lakes such as Krymne and Moshne, winter ice cover can bring suffocating fish kills.

History

Chronology

1. До 1939

   Krymne became the final lake in the canal cascade laid out by Polish engineers from Chorne Velyke through Liutsymyr and the small lakes.

2. 1983

   Shatsk National Nature Park is created, and the lake has been protected within it ever since.

3. 1998

   The park's first renaturalisation project covered Krymne and the surrounding marshes and peatlands; an overflow structure stabilised the water level.

State and recreation

The lake today

Hydrology

Documented connections

Geography and access