Lake Narač

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lake Narach

Location	Minsk Province
Basin countries	Belarus
Surface area	79.2 m²
Max depth	25 m

Lake Narach (Belarusian: Нарач; Russian: Нарочь) is a lake in North-West Belarus (Miadziel raion, Minsk Province) (79.2 km², the deepest point about 25 m). The lake is located in the northern part of the country, in the basin of the Vilija river. It is the largest lake in Belarus (in 1919-1939 it was the biggest lake of Poland.)

Narach is a part of Narach lake group (the others being Miastra (Belarusian: Мястра), Batoryn (Belarusian: Баторын), Blednaje (Belarusian: Бледнае)). It is surrounded by pine forests. Narach River flows out of it.

The lake is a popular resort and tourism site.

Young Pioneer camp of national importance Zubryonok was located by the lake. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the camp was reformed into the National children recreational camp "Zubrania", which is now the most important children recreational camp in Belarus.