51.4931, 23.9636karst lake
Lake Kruhle
Кругле
- 2 m
- Maximum depth
- 0.3 m
- Average depth
- 0.086 km²
- Surface area
- 0.0258 million m³
- Water volume
Verified dataset
Key facts
Kruhle is one of the smallest and shallowest karst lakes of the Shatsk group. It forms a link in the flow-through cascade between Liutsymyr and Dovhe.
Status: Shatsk National Nature Park
- Area
- 0.086 km²
- Maximum depth
- 2 m
- Average depth
- 0.3 m
- Shoreline
- 1.5 km
Ichthyofauna
Fish of the lake
Native species
What to know
Lake in detail
- One of the smallest lakes of the Shatsk group; the basin is karst, cut into chalk deposits.
- Part of the flow-through cascade Liutsymyr–Kruhle–Dovhe–Plotychchia–Krymne, joined by canals dug before the Second World War.
- Belongs to the “very shallow” class of lakes in the group.
- The lake-specific description names perch, roach, crucian carp and pike directly; no open scientific control survey was found for Kruhle.
- The source does not resolve “crucian carp” to a species, so the record is matched to the native crucian carp only with moderate confidence.
State and recreation
The lake today
Recreation
On the “Lost Lake” walking route the park explicitly prohibits taking fish by any means; check the current rules for the area with the park before visiting.
Rank in the group
Each measure counts only the lakes that report it.
Hydrology
Hydrological connections
The Shatsk lakes are not isolated bodies of water but a connected network. Canals cut between the late nineteenth and the mid twentieth century, along with natural channels, redistribute water between the lakes and the rivers.
The south-western link of the flow-through cascade.
The next link of the cascade, towards Plotychchia and Krymne.
Geography and access
Places nearby
All places →Language note
Editorial scope
This English profile carries the full narrative, chronology and local traditions. Source titles stay in their original language, and the Ukrainian page remains the reference version.
Read the Ukrainian profile →Sources
Source titles are retained in their original language.
- о. Кругле [Lake Kruhle]
- Кругле озеро (Шацький район) [Lake Kruhle (Shatsk district)]
- Шацькі озера — ВУЕ [Shatsk lakes — Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia]
- Загублене озеро [The Lost Lake]
Photo: Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped