Bolshoy Yeravna

Bolshoy Yeravna
Большо́е Ера́вное озеро / Ехэ Ярууна
Landscape of Bolshoy Yeravna lake
Bolshoy Yeravna
LocationVitim Plateau
South Siberian System
Coordinates52°37′00″N 111°29′00″E / 52.61667°N 111.48333°E / 52.61667; 111.48333
Primary inflowsTuldun , Indola , Zhipkesen
Catchment area972 km2 (375 sq mi)
Basin countriesBuryatia, Russia
Max. length14 km (8.7 mi)
Max. width13 km (8.1 mi)
Surface area104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Max. depth5 m (16 ft)
Surface elevation949 m (3,114 ft)
FrozenOctober to May
SettlementsGaram

Bolshoy Yeravna (Russian: Большо́е Ера́вное озеро; Russian Buryat: Ехэ Ярууна) is a fresh water body in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia.

Common roach, perch, crucian carp, pike, burbot, minnow, are among the native fish species in the lake. Peled, bream and carp have been introduced. Legend says that the origin of the lake and the adjacent ones is in a big hot rock that fell to the earth and broke into big and small pieces that made holes which filled with water.