In everyday speech the lake is being called the Lielezers Lake (the Great Lake), but it has also a second name related to sacrality - the Svētezers Lake (the Holy Lake), for which there is no explanation found. In written sources, this name appears already in the Medieval Times. The area of the Lielezers Lake of Limbaži is 256 ha, the maximum depth is 6.5 m, average depth is 3.8 m. The lake has sloping hardly accessible banks. Several brooks flow into it, but out - the Donaviņa, which is joining the Lielezers lake with the Dūņezers Lake. The lake, which has muddy bottom, was lowered in 1947. The Lielezers Lake is picturesque.

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