Karelia's Lakes
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Top 1000
Top 1000Wonder Type: Natural
Country: Finland, Russian Federation
Best of: Lakes
Description:
Karelia is known as "the country of lakes." One quarter of Karelia's surface is covered by water including about sixty thousand lakes. The second-largest lake of Europe, Lake Onega, is located in Karelia. The largest lake of Europe, Lake Ladoga is partly located in Karelia (together with Leningrad Oblast). Wherever there is land, there are dense forests covering the ground. [More Details]
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