Lake Rāzna

Lake Rāzna spreads across the Latgale uplands, its waters broken by islands and bordered by wooded hills. Among the largest lakes of the eastern Baltic country, it holds a great volume of water beneath a shoreline of bays and settlements. Pike, perch, roach and other fish inhabit the lake. Near its southwestern shore rises Mākoņkalns, a hill overlooking the water and the surrounding upland. The lake forms a distinctive centre of the Latgalian landscape, where the broad surface of the water contrasts with the higher ground around it.