Lake Ezerische ( be, Возера Езярышча, russian: Oзеро Езерище) is lake in
Haradok district
Haradok District is a district (raion) in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. Its administrative centre is Haradok
Haradok ( be, Гарадок, - russian: Городок, Gorodok, pl, Horodek) is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus with the popul ...
,
Vitebsk Voblast
Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (oblast ...
of
Belarus
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and is situated
at the border with the
Pskov Oblast
Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...
of the
Russia
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. In 1959, on the river flowing out of Lake a
hydroelectric power plant
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was built. This led to the raising of the water level (as the lake began to function as a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
). Raising the water level leads to erosion of its banks. The lake is dated to the
Glacial period
A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate betw ...
and is about 10,000 years. The largest settlement on the bank of the lake is
Ezerische a settlement located on the western shore of the lake. On one of the islands in Lake located Ezerishche Castle. Up to the present day only ramparts of the castle preserved.
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Lakes of Pskov Oblast