Lake Nyuk(, ,
Karelian: ''Nyukozero'') is a large freshwater
lake in the
Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...
, northwestern part of
Russia. It is located at and has an area of . There are numerous islands on the lake. The lake is part of the
Kem River
The Kem (, ) is a river in Republic of Karelia, Russia. It starts from Lake Lower Kuyto and flows through a number of lakes into the White Sea. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . There is a cascade of 5 hydroelectric power plants. The to ...
basin.
General information
The surface area is 214 km², the catchment area is 3090 km².
[Oz. Nyuk (559)]
Lakes of Karelia: Handbook
ed. N. N. Filatova( ru),V. I. Kukharev. - Petrozavodsk: Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2013. - P. 141-142. -500 copies. — ISBN 987-5-9274-0450-6.
It has a blade shape. The coast is high and rocky. Food snow and rain. The level fluctuation range is 70 cm. It is covered with ice from the end of October to the end of April.
[Nyuk // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : n 30 volumes / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M . : Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.]
There are 126 islands on the lake with a total area of about 10.3 km². The largest islands: Thorayssari (1.13 km²), Vezansari, Kurchunsari, Papinsari, Keurunsari, Hernesari.
The average amplitude of the level fluctuation is 0.9 m.
The name ''Nyuk'' is translated from Karelian as ''Swan''.
Water Sources
12 rivers flow into the lake. The largest ones are:
Nogeusjoki( ru),
Kangashoya( ru) and
Vaivaoya( ru).
The Rastas( ru)and
Khyame( ru)rivers flow out (tributaries of the
Chirko-Kem river( ru),
Kem river basin ).
Lakes
The Nyuk basin also includes lakes:
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Uimusejärvi( ru)
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Elmisyarvi( ru)
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Mushtalaksi( ru)
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Kormusjärvi( ru)
A large area of the bottom is occupied by silty soils. In the bays, the higher aquatic vegetation is represented by reeds, horsetails, pondweeds.
Vendace, whitefish, pike, perch, roach, bream, burbot, and ruff live in the lake.
See Also
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Lakes of Karelia( ru)
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Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...
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