Lake Ladoga

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Lake Ladoga is a vast freshwater lake in northwestern Russia, renowned as the largest lake in Europe and an important ecological and historical region.

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Lake Ladoga canonical 76
Ladoga 2
Lake Ladoga basin 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake
lake
natural geographic feature
averageDepth about 50 meters
basinCountry Russia
climate humid continental climate
connectedBy Neva River
Svir River
connectedTo Lake Onega
continent Europe
country Russia
drainageBasin Baltic Sea basin
linked to: Baltic Sea
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 5 meters
freezesIn winter
hasEndemicSpecies Ladoga ringed seal
hasIsland Konevets Island
Ladoga Skerries
Valaam Islands
hasProtectedArea Ladoga Skerries National Park
Nizhnesvirsky Nature Reserve
hasShorelineType marshy areas
rocky shores
sandy beaches
historicalSignificance Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II
medieval trade and Viking routes
part of the Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad
inflow Svir River
Volkhov River
Vuoksi River
isLargestLakeIn Europe
knownFor Ladoga ringed seal population
important bird habitats
large freshwater fish resources
length about 219 kilometers
locatedIn Leningrad Oblast
Republic of Karelia
linked to: Karelia

northwestern Russia
linked to: Northwest Russia
locatedNear Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
maximumDepth about 230 meters
about 750 feet
outflow Neva River
partOf Volga–Baltic Waterway
historical trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks
surfaceArea about 17,700 square kilometers
about 6,800 square miles
usedFor fishing
hydropower system
navigation
recreation and tourism
waterType freshwater
width about 138 kilometers

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Europe hasLargestLake Lake Ladoga
Karelian Isthmus separates Lake Ladoga
Karelian Isthmus borderedBy Lake Ladoga
Mannerheim Line near Lake Ladoga
Neva River source Lake Ladoga
Neva River outflowFrom Lake Ladoga
Karelia borders Lake Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast hasLake Lake Ladoga
18th Army (Wehrmacht) tookPartIn Operations around Lake Ladoga
linked to: Lake Ladoga
Taipale near Lake Ladoga
Ladoga Karelia borders Lake Ladoga
Road of Life locatedIn Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga ice road locatedOn Lake Ladoga
Vuoksi River mouth Lake Ladoga
Shlisselburg locatedOn Lake Ladoga
Shlisselburg Fortress locatedNear Lake Ladoga
subject linked to: Shlisselburg
Novgorod Republic urbanCenter Ladoga
linked to: Lake Ladoga
Ingria locatedBetween Lake Ladoga
Ingria borderedBy Lake Ladoga
Ingria hasLakeshoreOn Lake Ladoga
Volkhov River flowsInto Lake Ladoga
Volkhov River mouthLocation Lake Ladoga
Volkhov River tributaryOf Lake Ladoga basin
linked to: Lake Ladoga
Ladoga ringed seal habitat Lake Ladoga
Ladoga ringed seal endemicTo Lake Ladoga
Ladoga ringed seal distribution Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega connectedTo Lake Ladoga
Saint Petersburg Oblast hasCoastOn Lake Ladoga
Svir River connects Lake Ladoga
Svir River mouth Lake Ladoga
Svir River tributaryOf Lake Ladoga
Lake Saimaa drainsInto Lake Ladoga
Republic of Karelia borders Lake Ladoga
subject linked to: Russian Republic of Karelia
Konevets Island locatedIn Lake Ladoga
Konevets Island bodyOfWater Lake Ladoga
Sortavala locatedOnWaterbody Lake Ladoga
Ladoga, Indiana namedAfter Lake Ladoga
subject linked to: Ladoga, Indiana, United States
Priozersk locatedOn Lake Ladoga
Priozersk waterBody Lake Ladoga
Ladoga Karelia sector namedAfter Lake Ladoga
Ladoga Flotilla operatedOn Lake Ladoga