Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
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Summary
Lake Ladoga is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,688 views/month, #21 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leningrad Oblast[3], Karelia[4]
- Country: Russia[5], Russian Empire[6], Soviet Union[7]
- Inflows: Svir[8], Volkhov[9], Vuoksa[10], Syas[11], Uuksunjoki[12], Jänisjoki[13], Tohmajoki[14], Avloga[15], Kokkolanjoki[16], Burnaya[17], Vidlitsa[18], Voronezhka[19], Iijoki[20], Kobona[21]
- Outflows: Neva[22]
- Basin country: Russia[23], Finland[24]
- Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia[25]
- Commons category: Lake Ladoga[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Ladoga[27]
- Commons gallery: Ладожское озеро[28]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Lake Ladoga drainage basin[29]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], New International Encyclopedia[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[37]
- Native label: Luadogu[38], Laatokka[39]
- Length: 219 km[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 4.84 m[41]
- Area: 17,700 km²[42]
- Width: 138 km[43]
- Watershed area: 276,500 km²[44]
- Volume as quantity: 838 cubic kilometre[45]
- Perimeter: 1570 km[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Ladoga include it[47], a painting[48], founded in 1873[49] and Ladoga Lacus[50], a lake of Titan[51].
Why It Matters
Lake Ladoga has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include it[47], a painting[48], founded in 1873[49] and Ladoga Lacus[50], a lake of Titan[51].