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Lake Ladoga is navigable, being a part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway connecting the Baltic Sea with the Volga River. The Ladoga Canal bypasses the lake in the south, connecting the Neva to the Svir. The basin of Lake Ladoga includes about 50,000 lakes and 3,500 rivers longer than 10 km. About 85% of the water inflow is due to tributaries, 13% ...
Ladoga Skerries National Park (Russian: Национальный парк «Ладожские шхеры») is located on the north and northwestern shores of Lake Ladoga in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The park features numerous small rocky islands (skerries) on narrow bays and channels. [1] The park was officially created in 2017.
The Ladoga Canal ( Russian: Лaдожский канал, romanized : Ladozhsky Canal) is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the northwest. It is about 117 kilometres (73 mi) long and comprises two ...
The White Sea–Baltic Canal (Беломо́рско-Балти́йский кана́л), often abbreviated to White Sea Canal (Belomorkanal) is a man-made ship canal in Russia opened on 2 August 1933. It connects the White Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, with Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. Until 1961, it was called by its ...
Coordinates: 59°56′N 30°20′E. Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photo of a section of the Ice Road, 60 km east of Leningrad. The Road of Life (Russian: Доро́га жи́зни, romanized: doroga zhizni) was the set of ice road transport routes across Lake Ladoga to Leningrad during the Second World War. They were the only Soviet winter ...
Eel River (California) The Eel River (Wiyot: Wiya't; [6] Cahto: Taanchow; Northern Pomo: ch'idiyu) [7] is a major river, about 196 miles (315 km) long, in northwestern California. The river and its tributaries form the third-largest watershed entirely in California, draining a rugged area of 3,684 square miles (9,540 km 2) in five counties.
Lake Ladoga → Neva → Gulf of Finland. The Vuoksi ( Russian: Вуокса, historically: "Uzerva"; Karelian: Vuokša; Finnish: Vuoksi; Swedish: Vuoksen) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in three ...
Saving Leningrad, also known as Battle of Leningrad (Russian: Спасти Ленинград) is a 2019 Russian war drama film written about the Road of Life, the tragedy of blood " barge 752", which took place on the night of September 16 to 17, 1941, at Lake Ladoga. During the evacuation of people from Leningrad, the barge was bombed by Nazi ...