Partner Living Lakes
CTC (Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation)
Partner Lake since
2002
Size
3,555 sq. km [km²]
Number of lakes
3
Sizes
Lake Peipsi: 2,610 sq. km [km²]
Lake Pskov: 710 sq. km [km²]
Lake Lämmijärv: 235 sq. km [km²]
Length, width
152 km, 47 km
Water volume
25.07 billion of cubic m [m³]
Maximum depth
15.3 m
Mean depth
7.1 m
Lake sedimentation
large peat deposit
Sea level
30 m
Catchment area
47,800 sq. km [km²]
In-flows
240 rivers and streams
Largest in-flows
Velikaya (Russia) and Emajõgi (Estonia)
Out-flows
1 (Narva River connecting the lake with the Gulf of Finland)
Islands
30
The biggest island, Piirissaar, belongs to Estonia.
Salinity
fresh water
Precipitation per year
575 mm
Completely frozen over
114 days per year
Location
Estonian and Russian border
Amphibians
9 species
Reptiles
5 species
Birds
233 species
Fish
33 species (smelt, pikeperch, perch, pike, bream, roach)
Inhabitants in the lake area
approx. 1 million inhabitants
11 - 24 inhabitants per sq. km [km²]
Biggest problem
eutrophication, unregulated fishing
Industrial exploitation
fishery (8,000 - 11,000 tons per year)