Kivijärv (also , , , , or ) is a lake in Estonia. It is located in the village of Palumäe in Kambja Parish, Tartu County.
Physical description The lake has an area of . The lake has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . It is long, and its shoreline measures .
Names The name () is a common designation for lakes in Estonia (compare also the similar Finnish hydronym Kivijärvi). The variant name disinguishes the lake from other Estonian lakes named Kivijärv by referring to the village of Kodijärve, which lies immediately west of the lake. The alternate names () and () refer to the hill that rises northwest of the lake, reaching an elevation of . The alternate name 'Big Kodijärv' semantically contrasts with the smaller lake named Kodijärv to the west, also known by the variant name 'Little Kodijärv'. This name for Kivijärv sometimes also appears without a modifier, simply as , in which case the smaller lake to the west sometimes bore the name or 'Lake Viimakse'.
Nature conservation Together with Lake Pangodi and Kodijärv, Kivijärv was included in the expanded Pangodi Landscape Conservation Area in 1964. Protective measures for Kivijärv include a shoreline restriction zone, a shoreline construction prohibition zone, and a shoreline water protection zone. Protected species in Kivijärv include the aquatic beetle Dytiscus latissimus and the black tern (Chlidonias niger).
See also List of lakes of Estonia
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