Plescheevo lake - a freshwater moraine lake, located in the south-western part of the Yaroslavl region of Russia. The lake is part of a large national park of the same name "Lake Pleshcheyevo." The height of the lake above sea level is 137 m, the length of the lake - 9, 5 km, width - 6, 5 km; The total area of ​​water surface is 51 sq.km. Pleshcheeva greatest depth of the lake is 25 m. Its maximum width reaches the lake near the village settlements and villages along the line Solomidino; the maximum length of the lake seen from the mouth of the river Trubezh, which flows into the lake, and ending with the release of the lake river Vёksa. As for the shape of the lake, it has a rounded shape, while the coast is absolutely flat, a few low-lying and marshy.

The central part of the lake - is especially deep and has a rounded slopes - this fact can only mean one thing - a lake formed due to the presence of underground karst depressions, because for this type of rock is characterized by a lowering of the bottom. In the village there are numerous Usolye Salt keys.

Every year in the month of November and the lake freezes, and in April it opened again and feeds exclusively on snow.

Age of the lake is more than 30 thousand years. His education took place after the retreat continental glaciers that reliably confirmed location of the lake on the border of the ancient alluvial sediments and glacial moraine. Educated initially pond was much more current today, because its former borders seen as a sublime border on the southern and eastern side of the lake. This area includes the village Large Brembola, Mound, Veskovo, Red, Solomidino.

At the end of the 17th century it was built on the lake educational "amusing" flotilla belonging to Peter the Great. In the first decades of the 20th century, it was revived again, but just for a few years.

The second name of the lake is Pereslavskoye, which was obtained by the same name located on the banks of Pereslavl. Also, the lake is called: Klescheevo, Kleschina, Pleschino, splashing, Plescheevskaya, Pereslavlskoe, Plesca, Plescheyka, Pereyaslavlskoe and splashing.

The most common name on the map indicate how Plescheevo lake, but other names were never used when referring to the lake on a map. The famous historian of the city Pereslavl Alexander Svirelin pointed out that the correct name of the lake sounds like splashing or Pleschino, but the rest of the names are only distorted or even illiterate.

According to popular legend, the lake got its name due to the fact that the lake has the ability to throw and throw out all the things thrown at him.

With regard to the biological productivity of Lake Pleshcheeva, it is quite high. An important indicator of efficiency is the average biomass of benthos, which is 209 kg / ha; wherein the average of the zooplankton biomass is 2, 25 mg / l.

Fish community consists of 16 different types of fish, the most valuable of which, in terms of fishing are bream, bream, perch, burbot, bleak, roach, pike and whitefish. You can find other types of fish: carp, eel, ruff, gudgeon, tench and Chipper.

On the shore of the lake inhabited by birds: white-tailed eagle, swan, duck, osprey, gulls and herons. It is important to note that there are swans are relatively rare - when depart.

In the area of ​​the lake is particularly well developed fishing and commercial fish are caught, such as whitefish Pereslavl, which is listed in the Red Book, and also - ruff, perch.

Lake Pleshcheyevo popular kitesurfing in summer or snowkiting in the winter seasons.

On the shore of the lake there are many attractions and monuments of the city, among which are the monument called "Kleshchinsky complex", the famous blue stone Nikitsky monastery and museum "Boat of Peter I».