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Coordinates pending verificationShatsk lake district
Velyke Pishchanske
Велике Піщанське
“Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve of local significance; Shatsk National Nature Park
Verified dataset
Key facts
Velyke Pishchanske is protected together with Male Pishchanske as part of the “Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve. Its shores are low, sandy and boggy in places, and the Red Book water chestnut and lesser bladderwort grow here.
- Area
- 0.67 km²
- Maximum depth
- — m
- Average depth
- 5 m
- Shoreline
- — km
Water
Published water indicators
- Transparency
- —
- pH
- —
- Total dissolved solids
- 163 mg/L
- Dissolved oxygen
- —
Ionic composition, mg/dm³
HCO₃⁻79
Ca²⁺24
Cl⁻21
Na⁺+K⁺14
SO₄²⁻11
Mg²⁺4
Ichthyofauna
Fish of the lake
All species →Ecosystem
Flora and birds
Red Book flora
water chestnutlesser bladderwort
What to know
Lake in detail
- Together with Male Pishchanske it forms part of the “Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve.
- Karst in origin; the shores are low and sandy, the bed sandy and silted, and the shallows boggy.
- Fed by groundwater and precipitation.
- The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine names four fish species directly — bream, carp, pike and perch — and the lake was used for rearing fish and waterfowl.
- Carp is classed as introduced to the Shatsk district; the sources give no modern quantitative estimate of its population.
- The Red Book water chestnut and lesser bladderwort are found here.
Hydrology
Documented connections
Geography and access
Places nearby
All places →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.
Read the Ukrainian profile →Sources
Source titles are retained in their original language.
Photo «Велике і Мале Піщанські озера з висоти пташиного польоту» — Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped