In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Curonian Lagoon is referenced by 124 other articles, and connects out to Neman, Russia and German.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody.
It is catalogued under topics including Baltic Sea, Bodies of water of Kaliningrad Oblast and Geography of Klaipėda County.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Lithuania , Russia
- Type
- Lagoon
- Primary inflows
- Neman
- Max length
- 98 km (61 mi)
- Max width
- 46 km (29 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,619 km (625 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 3.8 m (12 ft)
- Max depth
- 5.8 m (19 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- bay
- Part of
- Baltic Sea
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Area
- 1619
- Body of water
- Baltic Sea
- Shares border with
- Curonian Spit
- Image
- Curonian Lagoon.jpg
- Width
- 45
- Length
- 85
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Curonian Lagoon
- Commons category
- Curonian Lagoon
- vertical depth
- 3.8
- volume as quantity
- 100450
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Encyclopedic overview
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Lithuanian: Kuršių marios, German: Kurisches Haff, Prussian: Kursjanmari, Russian: Куршский залив) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit. Its surface area is 1,619 square kilometers (625 sq mi). The Neman River (Lithuanian: Nemunas) supplies about 90% of its inflows; its watershed consists of about 100,450 square kilometres in Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.
Human history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Curonian Lagoon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.