Čertoks
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Čertoks (also Velnezers , Čortoks ; Latgalian : Valna azars) is a suffusion lake in Šķeltova Parish , Krāslava Municipality, Latvia. It is located between Lake and the P62 road 3 km northwest of . The lake is located in a funnel-shaped depression, the banks are steep, in places flat. The transparency of the lake in its middle is about 8 meters. No river or spring flows into or out of it. Since 1977, the lake with the surrounding landscape has been a nature reserve. The lake is a popular tourist attraction. Swimming in the lake is prohibited in order to preserve the unique clear water environme
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It sits within the topics Krāslava Municipality and Lakes of Latvia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Šķeltova Parish
- Area
- 1.9
- Elevation
- 158.7
- Image
- Čortoks (Velnezers).JPG
- Width
- 0.14
- Length
- 0.18
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- Čertoks
- vertical depth
- 17
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Čertoks (also Velnezers , Čortoks ; Latgalian : Valna azars) is a suffusion lake in Šķeltova Parish , Krāslava Municipality, Latvia. It is located between Lake and the P62 road 3 km northwest of . The lake is located in a funnel-shaped depression, the banks are steep, in places flat. The transparency of the lake in its middle is about 8 meters. No river or spring flows into or out of it. Since 1977, the lake with the surrounding landscape has been a nature reserve. The lake is a popular tourist attraction. Swimming in the lake is prohibited in order to preserve the unique clear water environment. The water of Čertoks does not have a large diversity of aquatic animals and aquatic plants.
The names Čertoks/Čortoks come from the Rssian name Chertok of the lake, which literally eans "little devil", while names Velnezers and Valna azars literally mean "Devil's lake", from velns in Latvian mythology. ==References==
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