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There
are 186 lakes in Utena District. The biggest
one’s are:
Aisetas.
Only one fork of this lake belongs to Utena
District, what is 2 km of length to south from
Saldutiškis and the rest is in Molėtai District.
Total lake area is 501 ha, its length is 15,5 km;
the biggest depth – 40 m; there are 5 islands in
the lake. In summer transparency of water is 3 m,
and water is cold. Fishes such as the ablets,
roach, bass and pikes are mostly found in this
lake, but also there are breams, catfishes, eels
and pikeperches.
 Alaušas
is a lake of 1054 ha area. In its north shore
there is Alaušai village, in south – Sudeikiai
little town. Alauša river, which is left affluent
of Šventoji, outflows from north part of the
lake. There are many pits on its ground. The lake
holds two islands with total area of 5,3 ha.
Length of the lake is 5 km, average width – 2,2
km, length of the lake line is 22 km; transparency
of water in summer reaches 4-6 m. Its hallos are
wide, sandy and just little bit overgrown. There
are found 11 sorts of fish such as vendace, pike,
bream, roach, bass and other. Tourists and
holidaymakers especially like this lake.
 Indrajai
is one of the biggest lakes (area of 299 ha) in
Utena District, near by Daugailiai small town
along Utena-Zarasai road. Its length is 4,7 km,
average width – 0,65 km; the lake is winding,
its banks are high and sharp, its ground is very
bumpy. The lake feature is the shoals – even 4
of them come to the lake surface as the islands.
The lake’s water bulk is impressive – 23,5
mln. m3. There are Antadraja, Bajoriškės,
Veleikiai, Statkūniškis and Šlaitai villages
situated on the lakeshores. The north Indrajai
lake corner is a bound of Zarasai District.
 Tauragnas
is a lake of 513 ha area. Its west edge is next to
Tauragnai, and south edge – by Ignalina District
bound. There are Taurapilis, Stučiai, Sidabrinė
and Varniškiai villages situated on the
lakeshores. Its length is 9,5 km, and average
width is 0,54 km. Tauragnas is the deepest lake in
Lithuania. The biggest depth (in west part) is
60,5 m, average depth – 18,7 m; lake’s water
bulk is 95,6 mln. m3, and are of its
watershed is 74 km2. Tauragna effluent
starts in this lake. Since 1955 hydrological
station is operating by the lake in Tauragnai
little town, where they measure water level and
temperature and observe ice phenomena. Average
water transparency in summer is about 5 m.
Tauragnas is in Aukštaitija National Park area.
 Vidinkstas
is a lake of 113 ha area. Its location is about 9
km to southwest from Utena and 5 km to southeast
from Leliūnai. There are Aleksiejiškis, Miliūnai,
Pakalniai, Kvoseliai and Pavidinkstė villages
situated on its shores. The lake length is 2,4 km,
average width – 0,49 km, its bank length is 7,2
km, the biggest depth – 5,9 m, average depth –
3,8, water bulk – 4,3 mln. m3. The
lake is abounding in fish – there are found 12
sorts of fish. Its shallows are sandy, but mostly
grown with water plants.
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