- Lake Žuvintas
Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Žuvintas
image_lake =
caption_lake = Outflow of Dovinė River from the lake
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caption_bathymetry =
location = Alytus district
coords = coord|54|28|15|N|23|37|43|E|region:LT_type=waterbody|display=inline,title
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inflow =
outflow =Dovinė River
catchment =
basin_countries = Lithuania
length =
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area = convert|9.65|km2|mi2|abbr=on
depth = convert|0.6|m|ft|abbr=on
max-depth = convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on
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cities =Lake Žuvintas is a shallow
lake in Alytus district, centralLithuania . Area of Žuvintas Lake is 965 ha. It is the shallowest lake in Lithuania with the greatest depth 3 m and average only 0.6 m. It is a paradise forwater birds , but also faces danger of becoming aswamp .Nature reserve
It is a strictly protected reserve. It is first Nature Reserve in Lithuania, established by an outstanding Lithuanian naturalist and ornithologist professor
Tadas Ivanauskas (1882-1970) in 1937. Žuvintas Strict Nature Reserve was enrolled into the International list of Designated Wetlands and Shallow Waters of International Importance (Ramsar Convention ) since the year 1993.Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve has the status ofImportant Bird Area (IBA) and Site of Community Importance (SAC) in compliance with the established criteria for European conservation territories of natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora since 2004.External links
* [http://www.zuvintas.lt/en/index.php Official site of Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve]
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