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List of lakes, showing country and size, with European ranking Rank Name Native names Country Average area Notes km 2 mi 2; 1 Ladoga: Ла́дожское о́зеро, Laatokka Russia: 17,700 6,800: 14th largest lake in the world 2 Onega: Onego, Онежское озеро, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi Russia: 9,894 3,820: 18th largest lake in the ...
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
Most of these lakes are either below 800 metres above sea level (mostly natural lakes), or above 1600 metres (mostly manmade lakes). A large majority of the lakes, 66, are located in the Rhine basin (partly via the Aare River ); 17 in the Rhone basin (partly via the Doubs River ); 14 in the Po River basin (mostly via the Ticino River ); and six ...
Saline lakes of Europe (2 C, 17 P) Σ. European lake stubs (2 C, 91 P) Pages in category "Lakes of Europe" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
1540 map of the Lake Constance region. 1540: the map Lacus Constantiensis by Johannes Zwick and Thomas Blarer shows topographic names, towns and the Rhine. [citation needed] 1555: the map of the route of the Rhine (Rhinelaufkarte) by Caspar Vopel includes a topographical map of Lake Constance with its larger towns, the tributaries and the ...
This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: ... Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km 2 (225 sq mi), ...
Reservoirs in Europe by country (21 C) A. Lakes of Albania (3 C, 17 P) Lakes of Andorra (1 P) ... Lakes of the United Kingdom (7 C, 1 P) This page was ...
An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of 60 miles (97 km) with an approximate length of 389 miles (626 km), and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams. [2] Caspian Sea – Situated between Asia and Europe and fed by the Volga and Ural Rivers in the north, the Caspian Sea is nevertheless somewhat salty in its central and south portions ...