Lake Ladoga

Also known as Ladoga

freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe

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Lake Ladoga is a massive freshwater lake located in Russia and is the largest lake that lies entirely within Europe. It is an important water resource and geographic feature of northwestern Russia.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lake
Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Karelia
Area: 17700
Elevation: 4.84
Image: Sortavalan saaristoa.jpg
Width: 138
Length: 219
Perimeter: 1570

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native label: Laatokka
Commons category: Lake Ladoga
outflows: Neva
basin country: Finland
topic's main category: Category:Lake Ladoga
volume as quantity: 838
watershed area: 276500
residence time of water: 12.3
Commons gallery: Ладожское озеро
vertical depth: 230
described by source: Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
category for the water basin: Category:Lake Ladoga drainage basin

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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.

It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake in Russia after Lake Baikal, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world. It is comparable in size to Lake Ontario. Ladoga Lacus, a methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan, is named after the lake.

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