Lake Viljandi ( et, Viljandi järv) is a lake in Viljandi County, Estonia. The lake is in the deep primeval valley of the Viljandi town, depth , length , width , and surface area . The Uueveski and Valuoja streams and a number of springs flow into the lake. From the south-western part of the lake the

Raudna River Raudna River is river in Estonia in Viljandi County. The river is 68.6 km long and basin size is 1122.5 km2. It runs from Viljandi Lake into Halliste River. There live also trouts and ''Thymallus thymallus ''Thymallus thymallus'', ...

flows out. The main fish in the lake are bream,

roach Roach may refer to: Animals * Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes * California roach ...

, perch and

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

. The lake and its shores make up the Viljandi landscape protection area. The

Grand Race around Lake Viljandi The Grand Race around Lake Viljandi ( et, Suurjooks ümber Viljandi järve) is an annual cross country running competition that takes place around the Lake Viljandi in Viljandi, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a ...

is held annually.

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Viljandi Viljandi Viljandi Tourist attractions in Viljandi County {{Viljandi-geo-stub