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Ełk Lake
Ełk Lake (Ełckie, , ; ) is a fresh water lake in the Masurian Lake District of Poland's Warmia-Masuria, Warmia-Mazury Province to the west of the town of Ełk. It has had recent pollution challenges. A larger lake in the lake district to the east of the town of Ełk is :pl:Selmęt Wielki, Selmęt Wielki. The lake that was created by glacial action during the Pleistocene ice age and has a maximum surface area of . Its mean depth is with as a maximum. It is divided into two distinct parts, the northern ("small", ) and southern ("large", ), by a narrows spanned by a bridge. Primarily fed by the Ełk River, a right-bank tributary of the Biebrza, Biebrza River from the south west, the lake discharges into :pl:Sunowo, Lake Sunowo to its north-west, and the smaller Lake Szarek associated with the Szarek, Ełk County, village of the same name to its west. Pollution From the point of view of its recent eutrophication, there are three zones of the lake, northern, central (southern) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ełk
Ełk is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensive forests. It is the largest city and unofficial capital of historical Masuria. Founded in medieval times, Ełk, became a notable regional printing and publishing centre and home to the leading Polish school in Masuria since the early modern period, and in the late modern period it was a center of resistance to preserve Polish language in Masuria against Germanisation of Poles during the Partitions, Germanisation policies. It is an important rail and road junction and food industry hub in north-eastern Poland, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk. One of the principal attractions in the area is legal hunting. History Middle Ages The area where the town of Ełk is located was originally inhabited by Yotvingians, Jatvingians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masurian Lake District
The Masurian Lake District or Masurian Lake Land () is a lake district in northeastern Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ... within the geographical region of Masuria, in the past inhabited by Masurians who spoke the Masurian dialects. It contains more than 2,000 lakes. The district had been elected as one of the 28 finalists of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. The Lakeland extends roughly 290 km (180 mi) eastwards from the lower Vistula to the Poland–Russia border, and occupies an area of roughly . Administratively, the Lake District lies within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Small parts of the district lie within the Masovian Voivodeship, Masovian and Podlaskie Voivodeships. The lakes are well connected by rivers and canals, forming an extensive sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek () 'most' and (; Latinized as ) 'new'. The aridification and cooling trends of the preceding Neogene were continued in the Pleistocene. The climate was strongly variable depending on the glacial cycle, oscillating between cold Glacial period, glacial periods and warmer Interglacial, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biebrza
The Biebrza (, ', ') is a river in northeastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew River (near Wizna), with a length of and a basin area of 7,092 km2 (7,067 in Poland). Central Statistical Office (Poland), Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 Larger towns in the area: * Lipsk * Sztabin * Goniądz * Osowiec-Twierdza * Radzilow * Wizna The region is usually divided into lower, central, and upper basin areas, each with its own different characteristics. Tributaries * Right tributaries: Netta (river), Netta, Lega (river), Lega, Ełk, Wissa * Left tributaries: Sidra, BrzozówkaNatural environment Today, the river is best known for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szarek, Ełk County
Szarek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ełk, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ełk and east of the regional capital Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz .... References Villages in Ełk County {{Ełk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of organisms that may deplete the oxygen in the water; ie. the process of too many plants growing on the surface of a river, lake, etc., often because chemicals that are used to help crops grow have been carried there by rain. Eutrophication may occur naturally or as a result of human actions. Manmade, or cultural, eutrophication occurs when sewage, Industrial wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater, fertilizer runoff, and other nutrient sources are released into the environment. Such nutrient pollution usually causes algal blooms and bacterial growth, resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen in water and causing substantial environmental degradation. Many policies have been introduced to combat eutrophication, including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)'s sustainability development goals. Approaches for prevention and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microplastics
Microplastics are "synthetic solid particles or polymeric matrices, with regular or irregular shape and with size ranging from 1 μm to 5 mm, of either primary or secondary manufacturing origin, which are insoluble in water." Microplastics are dangerous to human health and the environment because they contain harmful chemicals which leak into the air, water, and food. Microplastics cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, construction, renovation, food packaging, and industrial processes. The term ''microplastics'' is used to differentiate from larger, non-microscopic plastic waste. Two classifications of microplastics are currently recognized. Primary microplastics include any plastic fragments or particles that are already 5.0 mm in size or less before entering the environment. These include microfibers from clothing, microbeads, plastic glitter and plastic pellets (also known as nurdles). Seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Poland
The following is a list of lakes of Poland. * Lake Dabie (Jezioro Dąbie in Szczecin) * Lake Ruda Woda (Jezioro Ruda Woda in Iława lake district) * Lake Mamry (Jezioro Mamry in Mazury lake district) * Lake Sniardwy (Jezioro Śniardwy in Mazury lake district) * Lake Lebsko (Jezioro Łebsko) * Lake Miedwie (Jezioro Miedwie) * Lake Jeziorak (Jezioro Jeziorak) * Lake Niegocin (Jezioro Niegocin) * Lake Gardno (Jezioro Gardno) * Lake Jamno (Jezioro Jamno) * Lake Wigry (Jezioro Wigry) * Lake Gopło (Jezioro Gopło) * Lake Drawsko (Jezioro Drawsko) * Lake Orzysz (Jezioro Orzysz) * Lake Resko Przymorskie * Lake Chłop * Lake Uścimowiec * Bukówka Lake *Jezioro Drewęckie *Jezioro Pauzeńskie *Jezioro Szelag Mały *Jezioro Szelag Duży *Jezioro Sajmino *Jezioro Perskie *Jezioro Puzy *Jezioro Ruś *Jezioro Morliny *Jezioro Gugowa *Jezioro Jakuba *Jezioro Czarne *Jezioro Srebrne *Jezioro Taburz See also * {{portal-inline, Lakes Poland Poland, officially the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
