Lake Krasnoe description and photo - Russia - Leningrad region: Priozerskiy district (Topic)

Lake Krasnoe description and photo - Russia - Leningrad region: Priozersky district. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The geological and hydrological natural monument of regional significance "Lake Krasnoe", located near the village of Krasnozernoye, Priozersky district of the Leningrad region, was organized in 1976. State administration is carried out by the Government of the Leningrad Region, represented by the Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Leningrad Region.

To get to the monument, you need to take an electric train from St. Petersburg to Zelenogorsk, then take a bus to the village Light or the village of Korobitsino.

The area is 1650 hectares, of which the water area of the lake is 750 hectares. This area was declared a natural monument in order to preserve the lake, in the bottom sediments of which iron and manganese accumulate, relict hollow, which is confined to the ancient tectonic concave form (depression) in the crystalline basement and rare species of animals and plants.

Not far from the territory of "Lake Red" is a ski resort, which is an excellent prospect for the development of tourist and sports infrastructure.

Lake Krasnoe belongs to the basin of the Vuoksa river, into which 24 watercourses flow, of which the Strannitsa river is the central, and only one river flows out - Krasnaya. The lake depression stretches from northwest to southeast. The lake is 6.9 kilometers long, the average width is 1.3 kilometers and the maximum depth is 14.6 meters. The catchment area is 168 km?. Surface runoff in the incoming part of the water balance of the lake reservoir is 86.9%.

Lake Krasnoe is a classic example of lakes with manganese and iron deposits concentrated in bottom sediments. Most of the manganese enters the reservoir, predominantly with the water of rivers and streams in the colloidal and dissolved states. The main part of manganese is thrown out of the lake by the Krasnaya River.

The coastal area is partially overgrown with reeds, reeds, horsetails, pondweed, rush, and egg capsules. The lake is characterized by a tendency towards a decrease in flow and eutrophication. Eutrophication is one of the manifestations of anthropogenic impact, which consists in the deterioration of water quality, violation of the oxygen regime, disappearance of valuable fish species, deterioration of recreation conditions, etc. The shores of the lake are partially covered by forests, among which various types of pine forests, coniferous-small-leaved forests and spruce forests dominate. They are partially occupied by settlements and agricultural lands. Reed thickets occupy large areas along the shores of the reservoir.

Lake Red is rich in fish, which is represented by pike, bream, burbot, vendace, sculpin goby, gudgeon, smelt. Through a complex of rivers and streams flowing into the lake, brook trout and lampreys enter the lake. Various types of bivalve molluscs are a very interesting element of benthos. The lake is inhabited by relict glacial crustaceans: pontoporea, mysida, pallasea.

Specially protected objects of the geological and hydrological nature monument "Lake Krasnoe" are bottom deposits of iron and manganese, the coastal zone of the reservoir, rare species of animals and plants: brook trout, lamprey, relic crustaceans, Omsk sedge, meadow lumbago , three-cut rook. <

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