Lubāns Lake -

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Lubāns Lake - ar kopējo platību 80,7 ha ir Latvijas lielākais ezers, kas izveidojies pirms apmēram 10 – 13 gadu tūkstošiem, ledāju kušanas rezultātā. 20. gs. Lubāna zemieni piemeklēja vairāki katastrofāli pavasara pali. Ezera spoguļa laukums pieauga vairāk nekā 5 reizes, un plūdi ilga no 70 līdz 270 dienām. Plūdu radītie postījumi bija galvenais iemesls, kas pēdējos 150 gados lika pievērsties Lubāna zemienes problēmai. Pēc veiktajiem darbiem mūsdienās Lubāna ezera krasti ir pārveidoti, tos ieskauj dambju un kanālu sistēma un Lubāns is the largest dammed lake in Europe.The water level is regulated using the river's Aiviekste locks and the lake's outlet channel (Kalnagala) locks.

- Nature reserve “Lubāns wetlands” is the largest domestic wetlands in Latvia. The barring is designed to ensure the protection of marshes, forest arrays, palants or clan grassland and wetlands around Lubāns Lake. Lubāns wetlands in terms of biodiversity, there is a unique place not only in Latvia, but also internationally – a natural reserve, included in the European Union network of protected areas NATURA 2000 and according to the criteria of the Ramsar Convention – a wetlands of international significance, as well as the site of the international bird protection organisation Bird Life International, the important site of the Lubāns wetlands that local residents have already known as clan,

what are the low and high marshes, the wet meadows, the damp forests that have formed for thousands of years. In early spring and autumn, Lubāns and the surrounding ponds become a swimming lake, as thousands of migratory swans enter here. For 2-3 weeks, the entire area is filled with continuous swan song, which can be easily observed from the terrace of the Water Tourism Development Center "Bāka". See information about birds at Lake Lubāns here: https://rezeknesnovads.lv/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Putni_Lubana_Mitraja-1.pdf

The name of Lubāns Lake, as the linguists think, comes from Estonian and means “open space”. Archaeological excavations indicate that Lubāns Lake's wetlands were the first populated site in Latvia after the resignation of glaciers to the north. The presence of a man has been demonstrated since the late paleolite of more than 10 000 years ago. This is confirmed by the archaeologists' known settlements of 27 stone-time people. The Lubāns clan is one of the largest wetlands in Europe with a total area of around 78 000 ha, of which 46 000 ha were located in a large area of stone age. It is believed that one of the largest neolithic processing centres in Europe has been localised in the barring area. Although the lake and its surroundings are transformed, the area is unique, especially the white clan.

• Teirumnīki swamp trail
• Lake Lubāns tourism offer
• Museum of Ancient Musical Instruments, Rezekne Region
• Lake Lubāns tourism video 2020. "Catch fish and feelings"
• Birdwatching in Lubāns Wetland 2021.

- The only river that is out of the lake is Aiviekste. It is one of the most complex and water-featured rivers in Latvia. The upstream river has a slight drop. The dolomite at the bottom of the river is a threshold that has always disturbed the deepening of the bottom. The small depth of the bed, the width and the drop greatly restricted the flow of water. In spring, the amount of water flowing in the Aiviekste upstream is 2 – 4 times the water flow rate. As a result, the waters flowing in the spring of Aiviekstes were flowing not to the Daugava, but back to Lubāns which caused great floods. In the rich spring, the lake and the surrounding clan formed a common water body in a large area of 600 km². It is at least 6 times greater than Lubāns on its natural banks. In order to reduce the flooding, the Aiviekste was deepened and straightened in the last century, but Lubāns was inspired. After the inspiration of Lubāns, a large part of the rivers flowing into Lubāns through the Meirānu Channel, entering Lubāns, was entered directly in Aiviekste. .

Meirāni Canal is the largest in the Baltic States. Its depth exceeds 10 m and the width is 80 m. The water inflow at the source of the Aiviekste is regulated by locks.

Lubāns Lake is a great place of active recreational, fishing and ecotourism. Fish such as alkaline, crying, carp, corpses, sharps, carousels, flags etc. are present in the lake waters. The flora is also diverse. There are rare and protected plants in the plains of Lubāns – Baltic foxglove, forest silverweed, dwarf birch, blueberry willow, as well as representatives of many other plant species.