Lake Spruce. Rest on the Spruce Lake
Despite the fact that around the originally Bashkirterritory, Lake Elovoe (Chelyabinsk region) bears the Russian name. And this is the only pond in the vicinity, since others have Finno-Ugric and Turkic names. The lake is located between the cities of Miass and Chebarkul. Spruce is a freshwater pond and is a hydrological monument. The reservoir is located among the Ural mountains at an altitude of 322 meters above sea level. Lake of round shape, its area - 3.2 km2. In length - more than 2 kilometers, in width - less than2. The length of the coastline is about 10 kilometers. The greatest depth is 13 meters, with an average of 8. The parameter of water transparency is 4 meters. The volume of liquid is more than 26 million square meters.
Water regime of Lake Elovoe
Lake Spruce has a mixed water supply: underground springs, springs, atmospheric precipitation and snowmelt. The Gudkovka River flows into the pond, and Elovka flows out. Spruce enters the chain of mountain lakes: Bolshoy Miassovo, Terenkul, Maloye Miassovo, Chebarkul, Maliy Kisegach, Bolshaya Elanchik and Bolshoy Kisegach. The banks of the reservoir are mostly steep. Despite its small size, the lake has 3 islands: one big - 15 hectares (this is the largest island in the Chelyabinsk region), and two small ones - 1 hectare. Depending on the weather conditions of the year, the ice-break occurs from the end of October to the end of November, and the ice drift - from mid-April to mid-May. The Yelovka river flowing out of the reservoir connects it with Lake Chebarkul. Spruce is a cozy, quiet and calm lake. However, in a bad weather waves can rise up to 1 meter. True, it happens so infrequently. The lake is beautifully sheltered from the winds of all directions and warms up well. This fact determines the long duration of the swimming season.
Fishing on the Lake Elovoe
Lake Spruce is attractive not only for localfishermen. Fans come here from all over Russia. In the pond live: pike, ripus, crucian, chebach, ide, tench, bream, ruff, perch and burbot. Basic maintenance of fish resources is a natural spawning. Industrial fishing is not carried out here. In shallow water you can catch only a small tin and perch. And bigger fish is caught from boats all over the lake. As a rule, use mugs, jigs (bait gear) and spinning. Since winter fishing, craftsmen bring a small ruff, perch and chebach. In recent years, the number of fish has increased significantly, which indicates an increasing concentration of nutrients, which are its food.
Recreation centers and sanatoriums on the Spruce Lake
Lake Elovoe is one of the most attractiveplaces in the Southern Urals. It has a stable ecosystem and has maintained its structure for more than a century. Even transparency since 1969 (the moment of taking the status of the monument) has not changed, although in the neighboring reservoirs it has decreased by an order of magnitude. Rest on the Spruce lake assumes two forms: "savage" and under the permit. The first implies the presence of a tent and other tourist equipment. Due to its small size, the Yelovoye Lake has a small number of establishments: the Rodnikoch base, the base of the Uralskiye Zori, the Elovoy cottage, the Yelovoye sanatorium, the Sosnovaya Gorka and the Urals. All recreation areas have their own beaches and a good entry into the water, sports and children's playgrounds, a set of boats for skiing and fishing, forest excursions and excursions are planned. Any recreation center (Lake Elovoe) has a full range of entertainment for children: from game rooms to competent animators. Everyone will spend leisure time the way he wants.
Hydrological monument
Lake Elovoe has a tectonic origin, othan say its rounded shape. Now the pine-birch forest grows along the coast. Before the tectonic shift, which resulted in the formation of a reservoir, there were relict forests. They persisted until the middle of the XIX century, judging by the maps and written sources of that time. At present, the fir-trees, after which the lake is named, can not be found here. Although at the beginning of the XX century, according to the notes of the local historian Vladimir Sementovsky, there was also a spruce and fir. The water in the lake is mild, the mineralization varies from 161 to 340 mg / liter depending on the season. It refers to the bicarbonate class, in the transition from soda to sulfate-sodium type.
Riddle of Lake Elovoe
All ponds located in the neighborhood are in bloomalmost all summer, but Lake Elovoe remains clean. The concentration of phosphorus and nitrogen compounds is quite high - up to 10 times higher than the "flowering" threshold. A pond even in the height of the growing season of blue-green and green algae reaches only the initial stage of the process. Scientists suggest the presence of a powerful inhibitor of flowering, in the role of which, perhaps, manganese appears, which is abundant in water. It is he who can suppress the rapid development of phytoplankton.
Ecology
Lake Elovoe, in spite of everything, keeps up tostill its natural parameters. However, the level of atrophy is still increasing year by year, as the load on the pond increases, especially in summer (up to 70 thousand tourists come here annually). Riding on motorized swimming equipment significantly worsens the ecological situation on the lake, as oil products are dumped. Their impact affects the state of fish and vegetation, both aquatic and terrestrial. Also, the number of primitive organisms that filter water has fallen. There is a threat of pollution of the lake with algothoxins, which adversely affect living creatures. All circumstances together can lead to deterioration of water quality.
