Lake Nyuk
Lake Nyuk[1](Russian: Нюк, Finnish: Nuokkijärvi, Karelian: Nyukozero[2]) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It is located at 64.45°N 31.75°E[3] and has an area of 214–230 km2 (83–89 sq mi). There are numerous islands on the lake. The lake is part of the Kem River basin.
| Lake Nyuk | |
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 Lake Nyuk seen from space | |
  Lake Nyuk  Lake Nyuk | |
| Location | Republic of Karelia |
| Coordinates | 64.45°N 31.75°E |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary inflows | Rastas, Häme |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Surface area | 214–230 square kilometres (83–89 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 8.5 metres (28 ft) |
| Max. depth | 40 metres (130 ft) |
| Water volume | 1.81 cubic kilometres (0.43 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 255 kilometres (158 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 134 metres (440 ft) |
| Islands | 126 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
General information
The surface area is 214 km², the catchment area is 3090 km².[4]
It has a blade shape. The coast is high and rocky. Food snow and rain. The level fluctuation range is 70 cm. It is covered with ice from the end of October to the end of April.[5]
There are 126 islands on the lake with a total area of about 10.3 km². The largest islands: Thorayssari (1.13 km²), Vezansari, Kurchunsari, Papinsari, Keurunsari, Hernesari.
The average amplitude of the level fluctuation is 0.9 m.[4]
The name Nyuk is translated from Karelian as Swan.
Water Sources
12 rivers flow into the lake. The largest ones are: Nogeusjoki(ru), Kangashoya(ru) and Vaivaoya(ru). The Rastas(ru)and Khyame(ru)rivers flow out (tributaries of the Chirko-Kem river(ru), Kem river basin ).
Lakes
The Nyuk basin also includes lakes:
A large area of the bottom is occupied by silty soils. In the bays, the higher aquatic vegetation is represented by reeds, horsetails, pondweeds.
Vendace, whitefish, pike, perch, roach, bream, burbot, and ruff live in the lake.
References
- Map sheet(ru) Q-36-123,124 Kimasozero. Scale: 1 : 100,000. State of the area in 1988. Edition 1994
- Nyuk (Nyukozero, Nokko, Nyukka, Sok, Nyuko) : [ rus .] / textual.ru // State Water Register : [ arch . October 15, 2013] / Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia . - 2009. - March 29., Nyuk // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 volumes] / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M . : Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Surface water resources of the USSR: Hydrological knowledge. T. 2. Karelia and the North-West / ed. E. N. Tarakanova. - L . : Gidrometeoizdat, 1965. - 700 p.
- Oz. Nyuk (559)//Lakes of Karelia: Handbook/ ed. N. N. Filatova(ru),V. I. Kukharev. -Petrozavodsk:Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2013. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-5-9274-0450-6
- Nyuk // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 volumes] / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M . : Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.