- Lake Seliger
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lake_name = Lake Seliger
image_lake = Prokudin-Gorskii-09-edit2.jpg
caption_lake = View of Nilov Monastery onStolbnyi Island , Lake Seliger, c. 1910, bySergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
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basin_countries = Russia
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area = 212 km²
depth = 5.8 m
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elevation = 205 m
islands = 160 (Stolbnyi Island )
cities =Ostashkov Seliger ( _ru. Селигер) is a
lake inTver Oblast and, in the extreme northern part,Novgorod Oblast ofRussia , in the northwest of theValdai Hills , a part of theVolga basin. Absolute height: 205 m, area 212 km², average depth 5.8 m.Seliger is situated within a picturesque landscape of forests and hills. The lake is a protected nature reserve and is sometimes known as the "European Baikal" due to the diversity of its unique flora and fauna, similar to
Lake Baikal .Ostashkov is the only town on the lake and is one of the most popularresort s in central Russia.External links
* [http://www.seligerland.ru Tourism in Seliger area]
* [http://www.ostashkov.ru/rest/ Travel and Tourism to Seliger Lake]
* [http://www.seligerland.ru/images/seliger.jpgMap of Lake Seliger]
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