Flora and Fauna
The lake hosts 54 species of coastal aquatic flora, including cane, calamus, bulrush, grass rush, Lesser Bulrush and water parsnip. Floating plants are rare and are of only three types: arrowhead, yellow water-lily and water knotweed. The wetlands of the coastal strip of the lake are important resting and feeding grounds for swans, geese and ducks migrating between the White Sea and Baltic Sea. The lake is home to perch, pike-perch, bream, roaches, whitefishes, smelt and other fish species.
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