Seliger ( rus, Селиге́р, p=sʲɪlʲɪˈgʲɛr) is a
lake
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in
Ostashkovsky District
Ostashkovsky District (russian: Оста́шковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Dem ...
of
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
and, in the extreme northern part, in
Demyansky District
Demyansky District (russian: Демянский район) is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #397-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Kre ...
of
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast (russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Novgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including ...
of
Russia
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, in the northwest of the
Valdai Hills
The Valdai Hills (russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность, Valdáyskaya vozvýshennost'), sometimes referred to as just Valdai (russian: Валда́й, Valdáy), are an upland region in the north-west of central European Ru ...
, a part of the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
basin. It has the absolute height of , the area of , and the average depth of .
Lake Seliger is a large system of lakes linked by effluents, has many small islands and is surrounded by forests, including pine woods with many berries and mushrooms.
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Retrieved April 2009. It is one of the biggest natural lakes of Central Russia. The only outflow of the lake, the Selizharovka River
The Selizharovka (russian: Селижа́ровка) is a river in Ostashkovsky and Selizharovsky Districts of Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. The length of the river is , and the area of its drainage basin is . It is one of t ...
, has its source at the southern end of the lake and drains into the Volga. The drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
of the lake includes the major part of Ostashkovsky District, south of Demyansky District, as well as minor areas in Firovsky District
Firovsky District (russian: Фи́ровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with the urban-type se ...
of Tver Oblast.
Seliger is situated within a picturesque landscape of forests and hills. The lake is a protected nature reserve and is sometimes known as the "European Baikal" due to the diversity of its unique flora and fauna, similar to Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
. Valdaysky National Park
Valdaysky National Park (russian: Валдайский национальный парк, Valdayskiy natsional'nyy park) is a national park in the north of Russia, located in Valdaysky, Okulovsky, and Demyansky Districts of Novgorod Oblast. It w ...
covers the northern part of the lake.
Every Year, Seliger camp forums bring together young people to study and discuss issues in political science, economics, art, literature and culture.
Ostashkov
Ostashkov (russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, west of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Populat ...
is the only town on the lake and is one of the most popular resort
A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term ''resort ...
s in central Russia. Nilo-Stolobensky Monastery is located on Stolobny Island
Stolobny Island is an island on Lake Seliger in the Tver Oblast of Russia, about north of the town of Ostashkov.
Nilov Monastery
The island is the home of Nilov Monastery, which was founded by Saint Nilus in 1594, and previously welcomed up to ...
. The closed urban-type settlement of Solnechny which is a military base occupies Gorodomlya Island
Gorodomlya Island () is located on Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast, Russia, northwest of Moscow. The closed urban-type settlement of Solnechny is located on the island.
In June 1930, the People's Commissariat of Agriculture (''Narkomzem'') began c ...
.
Travel and tourism
Seliger lakes offers a number of accommodations for tourists. Many places are surrounded by untouched nature.
Sunset at Seliger lakes.jpg, Sunset at Seliger lakes
Colorful Sunset at Seliger lakes.jpg, Sunset at Seliger lakes
Lake Seliger. Ostashkov. View of Voroniy Island.jpg, Lake Seliger. Ostashkov. View of the island of Voroniy on a foggy morning
Veris super occasum Lacus Seliger.jpg, Spring sunset over Lake Seliger
References
External links
Tourism in Seliger area
Travel and Tourism to Seliger Lake
Map of Lake Seliger
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Lakes of Novgorod Oblast
Lakes of Tver Oblast
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