Zaslawskaye reservoir ( be, Заслаўскае вадасховішча, russian: Заславское водохранилище) is a water reservoir in the . It is the second largest artificial lake in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. It is located only 5 km from the northwestern edge of Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.
Description
Zaslawskaye reservoir is the second largest artificial reservoir of Belarus, second in size to the largest
Vileyka reservoir. It was created in 1956 by a dam on a
Svislach river in order to control floods in Minsk and to regulate the flow of the river. It is part of the Vileyka-Minsk water system. The bowl of the reservoir was a swampy floodplain of the Svisloch, Vyacha, Ratomka and Chernyavka rivers before flooding. It is located just 5 km from Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.
Gallery
Красивые_острова_на_озере.jpg, Isles in the reservoir
Остров_на_озере.jpg, Isle
Красивое_озеро_с_высоты_птичьего_полёта.jpg, Photo from a drone
Минское_водохранилище.jpg, Photo from a drone
Минское_море_с_высоты_птичьего_полёта.jpg, Photo from a drone
Озеро_с_высоты_птичьего_полёта.jpg, Photo from a drone, road near the reservoir
References
External links
*{{commons-category inline, Zaslaŭskaje Reservoir
Reservoirs in Europe
Lakes of Belarus