Lavysas is a lake in southern

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 ...

, Varena district, about south of

Perloja Perloja (, ) is a village in Varėna district, Lithuania. It is situated to the west from Varėna on the banks of Merkys River and on the Vilnius–Druskininkai road. According to the 2001 census, it had 774 inhabitants. The village is known for ...

and southwest of Varena, surrounded by the

Dainava forest Dainava Forest () also the Druskininkai-Varėna Forest (), historically the Hrodna Forest (), or the Belarusian Forest () is the largest forest in Lithuania. It as a primeval forest in Dzūkija region (also known as Dainava) in southern Lithuani ...

. The lake is long and has a width up to . The maximum depth is .{{Cite web , title=žvejo gidas - viskas ką turi žinoti žvejas , url=https://zvejogidas.lt/ , access-date=2024-08-07 , website=zvejogidas.lt , language=en The lake is of glacial origin,

thermokarst Thermokarst is a type of terrain characterised by very irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed when ice-rich permafrost thaws. The land surface type occurs in Arctic areas, and on a smaller scale in mountainous areas such ...

, and forms an oval shape. The shores are sandy and covered with

coniferous forest Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All e ...

s. The southern coast on the other hand is swampy. The lake collects the water from two streams, the

Merkys The Merkys () is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė. The Merkys is m ...

and its tributary the Lavysa. It is located to the east of the village of Lavyso. Close to the lake are many campsites and rest houses.

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Lakes of Lithuania