Zabolotye Lake
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| Zabolotye Lake | |
|---|---|
| Заболотское озеро (Russian) | |
  Zabolotye Lake | |
| Location | Sergiyev Posad District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°41′08″N 38°03′41″E / 56.68556°N 38.06139°E |
| Catchment area | 355 square kilometres (137 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 3.2 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 5.0 metres (16.4 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 127.8 metres (419 ft) |
Zabolotye lake (Russian: Заболотское озеро) is a freshwater lake in the Sergiyev Posad District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The lake covers 3.2 km², though some sources instead report 1.96 km². [1] The lake's catchment area is 355 km2,[1] and reaches a maximum depth of 5m. One topographic map shows that the lake is predominantly swamp, and omits the name Zabolotye Lake.[2]
The lake is located 0.5 km from Zabolotye and 3 km from Verigino. Sulat River. a right tributary of Dubna River flows through the lake. The elevation is 127.8 m.[3]
History
The lake has a glacial origin, emerging 10,000 years ago. For millennia, silt deposits accumulated in the lake, which was once much larger than at present, leaving the Dubninsky and Ol'khovsko-Bat'kovskii boggy massifs, as well as meadows later overgrown with forest.
The lake was and is a resting place for Muscovites. One source claims that Vladimir Ilich Lenin came to rest near Zabolotoye Lake.[4]
From the middle of the 20th century until the 1980s, water quality control measures were carried out and various reclamation projects were implemented. In the 1990s, large-scale activities on the lake ceased. In 2011, the lake and its environs came under the state program of flooding of marshes, in connection with which the construction of a dam was planned.