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Svitiaz (Ukrainian: Світязь [ˈs⁽ʲ⁾witʲɐzʲ]; Belarusian: Свіцязь; Polish: Świtaź; Russian: Свитязь) is a freshwater lake located in Ukraine, in the Volyn Oblast. It is the deepest lake in Ukraine. Svityaz has a maximum depth of 58.4 meters and an area of 25.2 km2.

The lake was created through karst processes in the Chalk rocks of the Mesozoic era. The lake is one of the Shatsk Lakes group, which are located in the Shatsk National Natural Park.

The lake is located among the pine forests of Volyn Polissya. The lake is located in a temperate climatic zone with warm summers and cold winters. In summer, the water temperature of the lake warms up to more than 20C, in cold winters the lake freezes.

The water quality in Lake Svityaz is high, the water does not have harmful chemical elements.

Svityaz is a popular place for recreational tourism, especially for children.

Lake Svityaz is located in the Kovel Raion of the Volyn region in the north-west of Ukraine, near the border of Poland and Belarus.

The lake is 9.3 km long, with a maximum width of 4.8 km. The area of the water mirror is 27.k km², the volume is 0.180 km³. The coastline is over 30 km long, the beach area is well defined, the width of the sandy beaches ranges from 5 to 60 m. The maximum depth is 58.4 m, the average depth is 6.3 meters. The water mirror edge is located at 163 m above sea level. The lake has two bays: Luka and Buzhnya (maximum depth 4.3 m).

The lake, like all Shatsk lakes, is located on the left bank of the Western Bug (Vistula basin). Svityaz is a sewage lake, through a channel the water from it enters Lake Luky, and then to the tributaries of the Western Bug.

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