The banks of Lake Peipus have smooth contours and form only one large bay – Raskopelsky Bay. The low shores of the lake mostly consist of peat and are bordered by vast lowland and marshes, which are flooded in the spring with the flooding area reaching up to .Sokolov AA Hydrography of the USSR L.: Gidrometeoizdat, 1952 There are sand dunes and hills covered with pine forests. Along the sandy shores, there is a wide stretch of shallow waters.Tourist Encyclopedia. Peipsi-Pskov Lake. Outdoors.ru. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
