51.6158, 23.8182Shatsk lake district
Lake Velyke Pishchanske
Велике Піщанське
- 5 m
- Average depth
- 0.67 km²
- Surface area
Verified dataset
Key facts
Velyke Pishchanske is protected together with Male Pishchanske as part of the “Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve. Its shores are low, sandy and boggy in places, and the Red Book water chestnut and lesser bladderwort grow here.
Status: “Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve of local significance; Shatsk National Nature Park
- Area
- 0.67 km²
- Maximum depth
- — m
- Average depth
- 5 m
- Shoreline
- — km
Water chemistry
- Total dissolved solids
- 163 mg/L
Ionic composition, mg/dm³
The bicarbonate ion dominates — the soft carbonate water typical of Polesie.
Ichthyofauna
Fish of the lake
Native species
Introduced / acclimatised
Ecosystem
Flora and birds
Red Book flora
What to know
Lake in detail
- Together with Male Pishchanske it forms part of the “Pishchanskyi” hydrological reserve.
- Karst in origin; the shores are low and sandy, the bed sandy and silted, and the shallows boggy.
- Fed by groundwater and precipitation.
- The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine names four fish species directly — bream, carp, pike and perch — and the lake was used for rearing fish and waterfowl.
- Carp is classed as introduced to the Shatsk district; the sources give no modern quantitative estimate of its population.
- The Red Book water chestnut and lesser bladderwort are found here.
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.
A shared hydrological complex within the “Pishchanskyi” reserve.
Geography and access
Places nearby
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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. Велике Піщанське [Lake Velyke Pishchanske]
- Інтерактивна карта Шацького національного природного парку [Interactive map of Shatsk National Nature Park]
- Велике піщанське озеро [Lake Velyke Pishchanske] (2005)
- Велике і Мале Піщанські озера з висоти пташиного польоту [Lakes Velyke and Male Pishchanske from the air] (2024)
- Екологічний паспорт Шацького району [Environmental passport of the Shatsk district] (2019)
- Основні аспекти морфометрії та гідрохімії Шацьких озер [Key aspects of the morphometry and hydrochemistry of the Shatsk lakes] (2020)
Photo: Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped