Surface temperature
199225 °C
51.5573, 23.8790karst lake
Lake Peremut
Перемут
- 6.7 m
- Maximum depth
- 2.2 m
- Average depth
- 1.46 km²
- Surface area
- 2.32 million m³
- Water volume
Verified dataset
Key facts
Peremut is the upper basin of the shared “Luky-Peremut” system and lies within the park's strictly protected zone. The lake holds thick sapropel deposits and shows one of the lowest eutrophication readings in the group.
Status: Strictly protected zone of Shatsk National Nature Park
- Area
- 1.46 km²
- Maximum depth
- 6.7 m
- Average depth
- 2.2 m
- Shoreline
- 5 km
Water chemistry
calcium bicarbonate
- pH
- ≈7.9
- Total dissolved solids
- 136.5 mg/L
- Dissolved oxygen O₂
- 3.36–5.8 mg/dm³
- Trophic state
- oligo- to mesotrophic (low plankton productivity)
Ionic composition, mg/dm³
HCO₃⁻70
Ca²⁺15
Na⁺+K⁺15
Cl⁻12
Mg²⁺2
SO₄²⁻2
The comparative table gives 70 mg/dm³ of HCO₃⁻; a separate surface measurement from 1992 gave 110 mg/dm³.
Field and laboratory measurements
Year and method matter: these values are not constantNH₄-N
19920.73 mg/dm³
NO₂-N
19920.004 mg/dm³
NO₃-N
19920.02 mg/dm³
Phosphates
2000–20030.09–0.13 mg/dm³
Ichthyofauna
Fish of the lake
Catch structure of the Luky–Peremut complex, 2010–2018
Introduced / acclimatised
Invasive species
Ecosystem
Flora and birds
Birds
mallardgarganeycommon pochardEurasian coot
What to know
Lake in detail
- The upper basin of Lake Luky, with a small catchment; a channel joins the two, and the literature treats them together as “Luky-Peremut”.
- The bed is covered with thick sapropel deposits; the water is slightly alkaline and well oxygenated.
- The name comes either from “peremutyty” — the water darkens once wind stirs up the silt — or from “peremet”, a Polesian fishing tackle.
- One of the lowest eutrophication readings (NDVI) in the group.
- An ancient shoreline rampart survives to the north-east of the lake.
- The shores are low and boggy in places, so there is next to no beach recreation.
History
Chronology
- 1983
The lake was placed in the strictly protected zone of the newly created Shatsk National Nature Park.
- 1992
A surface hydrochemical profile was published: temperature 25 °C, pH 7.60, oxygen 5.80 mg/dm³ and nitrogen compounds.
- 2000–2003
Observations showed rising organic indicators and phosphates, along with occasional periods of low oxygen.
- 2010–2018
Fisheries monitoring of the Luky–Peremut complex recorded the mass spread of the brown bullhead.
State and recreation
The lake today
Recreation
Recreational fishing under the rules of Shatsk National Nature Park, with a closure during spawning. Clean, well-warmed water makes for productive fishing.
Rank in the group
#7by area · of 30
#5by depth · of 27
#8by mineralisation · of 10
Area against Svitiaz, the largest lake1.46 of 26.2 km²
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.
Channel
Lake Luky
The upper basin of the shared “Luky-Peremut” system.
Geography and access
Places nearby
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Shatsk
Shatsk is the administrative centre and main gateway to the Shatsk lake district. The settlement lies between Lakes Liutsymyr and Chorne Velyke and concentrates the community’s everyday services.
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Pishcha
Pishcha is a border village in the north of the Shatsk community, linked to the Velyke and Male Pishchanske lakes and the Luky–Peremut system. Border-zone rules are particularly relevant here.
Open profile →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. Перемут [Lake Peremut]
- Основні аспекти морфометрії та гідрохімії Шацьких озер [Key aspects of the morphometry and hydrochemistry of the Shatsk lakes] (2020)
- Перемут (за: Хільчевський В.К., Осадчий В.І., Курило С.М. Основи гідрохімії, 2012) [Peremut (after Khilchevskyi, Osadchyi and Kurylo, Fundamentals of Hydrochemistry, 2012)] (2012)
- Гідрохімічна характеристика озер Пісочне та Перемут [Hydrochemical characterisation of Lakes Pisochne and Peremut] (2004)
- Сучасний стан іхтіофауни Шацького поозер’я [The current state of the fish fauna of the Shatsk lake district] (2021)
- Ліміти використання водних живих ресурсів у водоймах Шацького НПП у 2010 році [Limits on the use of aquatic living resources in the waters of Shatsk National Nature Park in 2010] (2009)
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