Ladoga and Onego - Great European Lakes: Observations and Modeling

Lakes Ladoga and Onego are the greatest lakes in Europe. With a surface area of 17891 km² and a volume of 902 km³, the former is one of the top fifteen world’s freshwater lakes and is only slightly smaller than Lake Ontario. Lake Onego’s surface area is 9600 km² and it has a volume of 292 km³. The watershed of Lake Ladoga (258000 km²) extends through Northwestern European Russia and the eastern part of Finland, including the large Lakes Ilmen and Saimaa, and together these Great European La...