Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga (Russian: ????????? ????? (Ladozhskoye Ozero), Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near the border with Finland.

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Russian - Finnish - Lake - Europe - Karelia - Leningrad Oblast - Russia - Finland

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The area of the lake is 17,700 km² (approximately 6,800 square miles). It has about 660 islands with the total area of 435 km². Most of the islands are situated near the northwestern coast, including the famous Valaam islands. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea via river Neva.

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17,700 - Km² - Valaam islands - Gulf of Finland - Baltic Sea - River Neva

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The area of its basin is 276,000 km². The basin of the Ladoga Lake includes about 50,000 lakes and 3,500 rivers longer than 10 km. About 85% of the water income is due to the three most important tributaries:

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Basin - 276,000 - Km²

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• River Svir from lake Onega (south-east)
• River Vuoksi from lake Saimaa in Finland (west);
• Volkhov River from lake Ilmen (south).

Ladoga has its own endemic Ringed Seal subspecies.

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Endemic - Ringed Seal

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The 2003 film Vozvrashcheniye, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, was filmed on and around Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland.

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2003 - Vozvrashcheniye - Andrei Zvyagintsev

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Lake Ladoga: Border between East and West ►