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Drone video of Lake Peipus and the town of Mustvee in July 2022. Lake Peipus [1] [a] is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia. [2] The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (in Russia), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake Saimaa (in Finland). [3]
A thin blanket of Quaternary sediments covers the plains of western Estonia. The Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland are relatively deep erosional features in the bedrock, as are the lake basins of Vortsjarv and Peipsi, which were deepened by glaciers during the Pleistocene. Before and in-between glaciations, a network of deep valleys formed, up to ...
Aeli Lake 9.9 Agali Lake Agusalu Lake 2.7 Aheru: Ähijärv: Küti Ahijärv 1.3 Ahvenajärv: 0.9 11 Harju, Anija Päidla Ahvenjärv 5.6 5.1 1030 Valga, Otepää Päidla Lake District: Ainja Sinejärv Aknajärv: Akste: Alatskivi Lake Alatskivi: Prandi Allikajärv 1.0 Alopi: Andsu lakes Äntu lakes: Arbi Lake Arojärv: Auksi: Eistvere lake Engli ...
Relatively commonplace as that description may read, writer-director Marko Raat’s “8 Views of Lake Biwa” is closer to a dreamlike folktale — set sometime during the 20 th century — than ...
Drone video of boat building shop Lodjakoda, outdoor swimming pool and beach on the river Emajõgi in Tartu, Estonia (September 2022) The Emajõgi (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈemɑ.jɤgi]; meaning 'mother river') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km (6.2 mi).
The Battle on the Ice, [c] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus [d] or Battle of Lake Chud, [e] took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
Largest lake in Finland; a group of smaller lake basins 5 Peipus: Peipsi-Pihkva järv, Чудско-Псковское озеро, Peipusa ezers Estonia/ Russia: 3,555 1,373: Largest lake in Estonia Tsimlyansk: Цимля́нское водохрани́лище (Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir) Russia: 2,702 1,043: Kremenchuk
Mustvee is a town in Estonia. It lies on the west coast of Lake Peipus, and is administratively part of the Mustvee Parish in Jõgeva County. Ethnic Estonians and Russians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.