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Lake Liepāja has 13 islands, the most notable of which are Atteku(-as), Zirgu, Pērkona, Putnu (kalva) and Cionas. On the east shore of the lake is the Friča
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protected territories list. In 2008, a nature protection plan for Lake Liepāja was developed by the
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coastal lake with extensive areas of emergent vegetation (
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Adjacent Countries
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286:Lake Liepāja is a pod-shaped shallow
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501:www.ezeri.lv "Liepājas ezers"
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18:Liepāja lake
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261:Lake Libava
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454:References
408:Reiņu mežs
356:bitterling
304:Sparganium
292:Phragmites
192:Max. depth
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288:eutrophic
120:Lake type
547:Liepāja
432:Russian
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414:History
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400:Pērkone
390:Islands
300:Scirpus
279:in the
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233:Liepāja
221:Islands
94:21°03′E
91:56°29′N
446:Rivers
358:, and
348:zander
340:burbot
273:Latvia
157:Latvia
145:Otaņķe
141:Ālande
396:grove
376:ducks
372:swans
352:smelt
336:vimba
328:tench
320:bream
316:perch
312:roach
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