Drūkšiai

Lake in Belarus and Lithuania

Drūkšiai
Lake Drūkšiai in Lithuania, at Tilžė village
Drūkšiai is located in Lithuania Drūkšiai Drūkšiai Show map of Lithuania Drūkšiai is located in Belarus Drūkšiai Drūkšiai Show map of Belarus
Coordinates	55°37′17′′N 26°36′21′′E / 55.62139°N 26.60583°E / 55.62139; 26.60583
Primary outflows	Prorva
Catchment area	613 km² (237 sq mi)
Basin countries	Lithuania, Belarus
Surface area	44.79 km² (17.29 sq mi)
Average depth	7.6 m (25 ft)
Max. depth	33.3 m (109 ft)
Surface elevation	141.6 m (465 ft)

Drūkšiai, also called Drysviaty or Drysvyaty,^[1] or Drisvyaty (Belarusian: Дрысвяты, pronounced [drɨˈsjvjatɨ] ; Russian: Дрисвяты) is the largest of the Braslau lakes located partly in the northeastern part of Lithuania and partly in the Vitebsk Voblast, in Belarus. The lake water was used to cool the reactors of Lithuania's now decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.

The greatest depth of the lake is 33.3 m, and the average depth is 7.6 m. The basin of the lake was formed during the movement of the glaciers by two perpendicular channels, which expanded north to south and west to east. The maximum depth of the first channel is 29 m, and of the second is 33.3 m. The greatest depths are located near the middle of the lake. The shallowest part is on the south ridge of the lake, its depth is approximately between 3 and 7 meters.

Six small rivers flow into the lake, and one dammed river flows out.^[2]