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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]
Arbi Lake Arojärv: Auksi: Eistvere lake Engli Lake Elistvere Lake: Erastvere Lake Erastvere: Lake Ermistu: 456.2 2.9 1.3 19,545 Haanja kõverjärv: Harju Bay Saare County Earlier was a bay Lake Harku: Hilba: Lake Hino: Holvandi Kivijärv: Hüüdru: Illi lakes: Lake Imatu: Imatu: Lake Jaala: Jaala: Jalase Lake 2.5 Jänukjärv: Lake Järvemäe ...
Peipsiveere Nature Reserve (Estonian: Peipsiveere looduskaitseala) is a nature reserve in Tartu County, Estonia, located around the estuary of the Emajõgi River, on the southwestern coast of Lake Peipus. Peipsiveere Nature Reserve was established by a decree of 20 December 2013 by combining Piirissaare, Emajõe and Emajõe-Suursoo protected ...
The largest of them, Lake Peipus (3,555 km 2 or 1,373 sq mi), forms much of the border between Estonia and Russia. [2] Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake (270 km 2 or 104 sq mi). [2] The Narva and Emajõgi are among the most important of the country's many rivers. [2]
Piirissaar (earlier Borka, Russian: Межа, romanized: Mezha or Желачек, romanized: Zhelachek) is an Estonian island located in Lake Peipus. It belongs to Tartu County as the Tartu Parish. Piirissaar is the second largest island in Lake Peipus with a size of 7.8 km 2. It is located c. 15 km from the mouth of the Emajõgi river ...
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Lake Võrtsjärv ([ˈʋɤrts.jærʋ]; English: Lake Võrts, [1] [2] [3] German: Wirzsee) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia (behind Lake Peipus), [4] and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake is 33.7 m (111 ft) above sea level.
The Peipsi whitefish [1] [2] (Coregonus maraenoides) is a freshwater whitefish of the family Salmonidae that naturally occurs in Lake Peipus on the border of Estonia and Russia, from where it also ascends to Lake Võrtsjärv to spawn.