Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. It is the oldest
artificial lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...
in Lithuania. It was created in 1575 when the
dam
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Apaščia
The Apaščia is a river of Biržai district municipality, Panevėžys County, northern Lithuania. It flows for 88 kilometres and has a basin area of 893 km².
It is a left tributary of the Nemunėlis.Radvilacastle in Biržai. Now the city of
Biržai
Biržai (, also known by several alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania. Famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries.
Name
The exact origin of th ...
, which was built around the castle, is located on the southern shore of Širvėna lake. The suburb of Astravas is built on the northern and the suburb of Rinkuškiai on the western shore.
Other names
* Biržų ežeras (The Lake of Biržai);
* Rališkių ežeras (Lake Rališkiai, before
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
);
* Prūdas (from Slavic word ''pond'')
Gallery
File:Širvėna lake.jpg, Širvėna lake with its name sign
File:Širvėna.jpg, Širvėna lake view from the footbridge
File:Sirvenos ezeras.JPG, Širvėna lake during winter
File:Širvėna Lake footbridge.jpg, Širvėna lake footbridge