Lake Onega

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freshwater lake lake natural geographic feature

Lake Onega is one of Europe's largest freshwater lakes, located in northwestern Russia and known for its numerous islands, historic monasteries, and significant ecological and economic importance.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Onega (partly) 1
Onezhskoye Lake 1
Онежское озеро 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
natural geographic feature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lake Onega ⓘ
surface form: Onezhskoye Lake
area approximately 9,700 square kilometres ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 30 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
climateZone humid continental climate ⓘ
connectedBy Svir River NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
Lake Ladoga ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
drainageBasin Neva River basin ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 33 metres ⓘ
freezingPeriod typically freezes in winter ⓘ
hasCityOnShore Kondopoga ⓘ
Medvezhyegorsk ⓘ
Petrozavodsk, Russia ⓘ
surface form: Petrozavodsk
hasIsland Bolshoy Klimenetsky Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kizhi Island ⓘ
numerous small islands ⓘ
knownFor historic monasteries ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
significant ecological importance ⓘ
significant economic importance ⓘ
wooden architecture on Kizhi Island ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Russia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Karelia

Vologda Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Kizhi Pogost UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 120 metres ⓘ
nameInRussian Lake Onega self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Онежское озеро
outflow Svir River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Sea basin

Volga–Baltic Waterway ⓘ
White Sea–Baltic Canal ⓘ
surface form: White Sea–Baltic Canal system
rankInEuropeByArea one of the largest lakes in Europe ⓘ
shoreLength over 1,500 kilometres ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power system ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
volume approximately 280 cubic kilometres ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Lake Onega → alsoKnownAs → Lake Onega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Onezhskoye Lake
Karelia → borders → Lake Onega ⓘ
Lake Ladoga → connectedTo → Lake Onega ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast → hasLake → Lake Onega ⓘ
Vologda Oblast → hasMajorLake → Lake Onega ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Onega (partly)
Lake Onega → nameInRussian → Lake Onega self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Онежское озеро