Lake Ladoga

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freshwater lake lake natural geographic feature

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ladoga	1
Lake Ladoga basin	1
Operations around Lake Ladoga	1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea basin
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 5 meters ⓘ
freezesIn	winter ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies	Ladoga ringed seal ⓘ
hasIsland	Konevets Island ⓘ Ladoga Skerries National Park ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia Northwest Russia ⓘ surface form: northwestern Russia
locatedNear	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ingria → borderedBy → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Karelian Isthmus → borderedBy → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → borderingBodyOfWater → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Karelia → borders → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → borders → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Lake Onega → connectedTo → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga ringed seal → distribution → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga ringed seal → endemicTo → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Volkhov River → flowsInto → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga ringed seal → habitat → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Leningrad Oblast → hasLake → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ingria → hasLakeshoreOn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Europe → hasLargestLake → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Northwestern Federal District → hasMajorLake → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ladoga Skerries National Park → hasWaterBody → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Ingria → locatedBetween → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Road of Life → locatedIn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Valaam Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Nizhnesvirsky Nature Reserve → locatedNear → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Shlisselburg → locatedNear → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

subject surface form: Shlisselburg Fortress

Ladoga Skerries National Park → locatedOn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Lake Ladoga ice road → locatedOn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Shlisselburg → locatedOn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II → location → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Vuoksi River → mouth → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Volkhov River → mouthLocation → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Mannerheim Line → near → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Taipale → near → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Neva River → outflowFrom → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Karelian Isthmus → separates → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

Neva River → source → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

18th Army (Wehrmacht) → tookPartIn → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operations around Lake Ladoga

Volkhov River → tributaryOf → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Ladoga basin

Novgorod Republic → urbanCenter → Lake Ladoga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladoga