It is located in Ilūkste upland, 137m above sea level, in Daugavpils region Svente municipality (Southern part of Medumi and Kalkūne municipalities). Svente Lake is included in the list of protected landscapes of Augšzeme, and with surrounding territory it is included in Nature Park.
| Svente Lake | |
| Total area | 7.35 km2 (7.39 km2 together with the islands) |
| Length | 5.3 km |
| Width | 2.8 km |
| Average depth | 7.8 m |
| Max depth | 38 m (SE part) |
| Catchment basin area | 18 km2 (Daugava river basin) |
Svente Lake is one of the 10 deepest lakes in Latvia (its storage volume is also big – 57.3mil m3). The Lake has eminent landscape and many bays. Its 3 islands (in Southern part of the Lake) are botanical reserves. Banks of the Lake are high. Out of the SE part there flows Pakrāce, the tributary of Laucesa. Because of the small basin of the Lake water in it fully renews once in 16-17 years. In the lake there live pikes, perches, roaches, breams, tenches, whitefishes, carps.
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