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	ONEGA - LoveToKnow Article on ONEGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The lake basin extends north-west and south-east, the direction characteristic of the lakes of Finland and the line of glacier-scoring observed in that region.
		In the middle of the lake the depth is 120 to 282 ft., and less than 120 ft. in the south.
		Lake Onega remains free from ice for 209 days in the year (middle of May to second week of December).
	3.1911encyclopedia.org /O/ON/ONEGA.htm (1013 words)

	Lake Onega article - Lake Onega Russia 9,894 km² 280 km³ Europe Petrozavodsk Republic Karelia - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in Russia.
		Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia, is situated on the Western shore of Lake Onega.
		River Svir, that marks the southern boundary of Karelia, runs from the southern shore of Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, and continues in the Neva to the Gulf of Finland.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Lake_Onega (180 words)

	Lake Ladoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Ladoga (Russian: Ладожское озеро (Ladozhskoye Ozero), Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near the border with Finland.
		The area of the lake is 17,700 km² (approximately 6,800 square miles).
		The 10th century Valaam Monastery was founded on the island of Valaam (Finnish: Valamo), the largest in Lake Ladoga, desolated 1611–1715, magnificently restored in the 18th century, and evacuated to Finland during the Winter War in 1940.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Ladoga (298 words)

	Onega, Lake on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The second largest lake in Europe, it is c.150 mi (240 km) long with a maximum width of c.60 mi (100 km) and a maximum depth of c.360 ft (110 m).
		It is frozen from November to May. The lake receives the Vytegra and the Vodla rivers and drains SW through the Svir River into Lake Ladoga.
		Petrozavodsk is the chief city and port on Lake Onega.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Onega-L1a.asp (324 words)

	LAKE - Definition
		Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.
		Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore.
		{Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/lake (439 words)

	Lake Ladoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Ladoga (Russian: Ладожское озеро (Ladozhskoye Ozero), Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia (since WWII), near the border to Finland.
		The 2003 film Vozvrashcheniye, directed by, was filmed on and around Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland.
		The 10th century Valamo Monastery was founded on the island of Valaam (Finnish: Valamo), the largest in Lake Ladoga, desolated 1611–1715, magnificently restored in the 18th century, and finally evacuated to Finland during the Winter War in 1940.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lake_Ladoga (326 words)

	wiki/Lake Onega Definition / wiki/Lake Onega Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake, FinnishD...
		River SvirRiver Svir (Syväri in Finnish) connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga in Russia, and is considered the southern border of East Karelia....
		[click for more], that marks the southern boundary of Karelia, runs from the southern shore of Lake Onega to Lake LadogaLake Ladoga (Russian: Ладожское озеро, Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia, since WWII in northwestern Russia near the border to Finland....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Lake_Onega (553 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ladoga, Lake (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The largest lake in Europe, it is c.130 mi (210 km) long and c.80 mi (130 km) wide and has a maximum depth of 738 ft (225 m).
		Chief among the many rivers that feed the lake are the Svir, descending from Lake Onega; the Vuoska, which forms the outlet of the Saimaa lake system of Finland; and the Volkhov, coming from Lake Ilmen.
		Until the Finnish-Russian War of 1939–40, the northern part of the lake belonged to Finland; cession of the Finnish shore to the USSR was confirmed by the peace treaty of 1947.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Ladoga-L.html (420 words)

	ipedia.com: Lake Peipsi Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Peipsi is a large lake, on the border between Estonia and Russia in Eastern Europe.
		Lake Peipsi (Estonian: Peipsi järv, Russian: Chudskoe ozero, German: Peipus-See) is a large lake, on the border between Estonia and Russia in Eastern Europe.
		It is the fourth largest lake in Europe, after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega in Russia north of St.
	www.ipedia.com /lake_peipsi.html (168 words)

	Lake Ladoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The time required for renewal of the water in lake Ladoga is 11 years, which indicates that the ecosystem is rather conservative.
		Lake Ladoga is situated on the borderline between the crystalline Baltic shield and Great Russian Plain, and the geological history of its drainage basin is very complicated.
		Differences in the geological structure of the watershed are reflected in the structure of both shores and depressions of the lake.
	www.spb.org.ru /lake/eng/ladoga.htm (227 words)

	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Onega, Lake@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake in the far northwestern Russian Federation, near the Finnish border.
		With an area of some 9,600 sq km/3,700 sq mi (excluding islands), it is the second-largest lake in Europe.
		Lake Onega is connected by the River Svir with Lake Ladoga (the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100163712&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (123 words)

	Whale-Watching-Web: Some Data About Lake Onega Rock Art
		One lies close to Belomorsk (White Sea) at the mouth of the River Vyg and another is on the Eastern shore of Lake Onega (Fig.
		The rock carvings of Lake Onega were discovered by treasurer of Mineralogical Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St.
		Autio assumed that Lake Onega swans were honored and celebrated during prehistoric festivals as totemic ancestors.
	www.physics.helsinki.fi /whale/comics/poika/onegast.html (3134 words)

	SOME STATISTICS ABOUT ROCK-CARVINGS OF LAKE ONEGA
		A year later the ethnographer, archaeologist and writer A. Linevski conducted field work at Lake Onega, the results of his interpretation are published in his later papers (Linevski 1939, 1940).
		The petroglyphs of Lake Onega are clearly canonical, which, again suggests the religious background of the rock carvings.
		Although several rock-carvings of Lake Onega are quite clearly outlined, their original prototypes are either dubious or unknown, e.
	haldjas.folklore.ee /folklore/vol11/carvings.htm (1853 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Lake Onega
		After Lake Ladoga, which lies to the southwest, it is the largest lake in Europe, 75 km...
		Karelia's principal industries are lumbering, woodworking, mining, machine building, metalworking, and the manufacture of building materials.
		Karelia, republic in far northwestern Russia, bordering Finland to the west, the White Sea to the east, and Lakes Ladoga and Onega to the south....
	encarta.msn.com /Lake_Onega.html (112 words)

	White Sea-Baltic Canal -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Povenets, at the northern end of Lake Onega, the canal runs northward to Lake Vygozero (using seven locks), from which the canalized Vyg River (with 12 additional locks) leads to the White Sea.
		Lake Onega unites the canal with the Volga-Baltic Waterway, through which ships can reach the Baltic Sea and the Volga River itself.
		The second largest lake in Europe, Lake Onega is in the northwestern part of Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9076843 (1005 words)

	Lake Onega -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake, (The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages) Finnish: Ääninen or Äänisjärvi) is a lake in the (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russian Federation.
		It is the second largest lake in (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) Europe.
		Two magnificent (Click link for more info and facts about 18th century) 18th century churches are the centerpieces of this open-air museum of Northern Russian wooden architecture.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/La/Lake_Onega.htm (350 words)

	Lake Onega
		Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake, Finnish: Ääninen or Äänisjärvi) is a lake in the Russian Federation.
		Its surface is 9,894 km², its volume is 280 km³, its maximum depth is 120 m.
		It is fed by 58 rivers, the main of them are Shuya, Suna, Vodla, Vytegra.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Lake_Onega (232 words)

	Diary_Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is currently working in the Lake Onega-Lake Ladoga (Laatokka) area and is engaged in water sampling and sediment sampling particularly in polluted areas around pulp and paper mills.
		Lake Onega, which is the lake we were on today is very large, about 60 km wide and 120 km long, but these measurements do not take into account the very convoluted coastline.
		The second largest fresh water lake in Europe, Lake Onega's beaches are free of houses, docks, and orange buoys.
	www.col-ed.org /echo1999/august3.html (1495 words)

	CWRU Alumni Travel Program - Alumni College in Normandy
		Cruise Lake Onega to the 135-mile-long Svir River, which links Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga, the largest freshwater reservoir in Europe: 130 miles long and 70 miles wide.
		It is often said that the lake would be more appropriately named "Ladoga Sea." Pause for a few hours in Svir Stroy, a quaint riverside village, to wander ashore.
		Cruise on the waterways of Russia: the Volga River, Lake Beloye, the Kovzha River, Lake Onega, the Svir River, Lake Ladoga, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg.
	www.cwru.edu /development/alum2/alumnirelations/benefits/programs/travelprogram/travel/russia_details.shtml (1218 words)

	Ladoga, Lake -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		During the Siege of Leningrad (1941–44) in World War II, the lake was the lifeline that connected the city with the rest of the Soviet Union.
		In the European section the largest are Lakes Ladoga and Onega in the northwest, with surface areas of 6,830 and 3,750 square miles (17,680 and 9,720 square km), respectively; Lake Peipus (1,370 square miles [3,550 square km]) on the Estonian border; and the Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga north of Moscow.
		The river issues from Lake Ladoga at Shlisselburg and flows 46 miles (74 km) west to the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9369598 (928 words)

	Glaister: Cruising in Russia
		The Neva joins Lake Ladoga at Petrokrepost, where it is possible to moor in static water on the S side [1316] in the entrance to the "new" canal.
		The crossing of Lake Ladoga from Petrokrepost [1316] to Sviritsa [1160] is 156 km (84 NM).
		The River Svir, from Lake Ladoga to Lake Onega, is 218 km (117 NM).
	home.clara.net /rayglaister/russia.htm (10016 words)

	Free Onega waves Live Video screensaver. Clear your mind with ebbs and flows of the Onega Lake
		Onega Waves Live Video screensaver brings you magical waters of Onega Lake the most pure lake in Europe.
		The live video film was recorded from the shore of Onega Lake to clear your mind and take you in deep meditative state.
		The Onega Lake Waves Live video screensaver is so simple yet beatiful that you don't even need to adjust any settings!
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	AER World Tours
		There is no better way to experience European Russia than from the deck of the "Tyikhi Don" as it makes it’s way along the Moscow Canal, to the Golden triangle cities of Uglich, Kostroma, Yarsolaval and Goritzky through Lake Onega to Kizhi joining the Neva River and on to St. Petersburg.
		Cruising along Svir River, which connects Lake Onega, one of the worlds’ purest and the second largest lakes in Europe, with Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.
		Lake Ladoga’s shores are over-grown with graceful willows, tall elder trees and stately pines.
	www.aertours.com /russian-river-cruises.htm (421 words)

	Onega, Lake
		With an area of some 9,600 sq km/3,700 sq mi (excluding islands), it is the second-largest lake in Europe.
		Lake Onega is connected by the River Svir with Lake Ladoga (the largest lake in Europe) and the Baltic Sea, and by artificial waterways with the White Sea and the Volga (the ‘Mariinsk’ system).
		Kizhi Island, with its ancient wooden buildings, is located in the north of the lake.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0011434.html (141 words)

	What is the largest lake in Europe? in The AnswerBank: People & Places
		With Lake Onega to the north-east, Ladoga forms part of a canal system linking the Baltic and White seas.
		Ownership was divided between the Soviet Union and Finland until 1940, when the USSR took over the entire lake after a war against Finland.
		Meagre supplies came in by barge across Lake Ladoga during the summer, 1942.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Article1601.html (368 words)

	17.04.2001 - ITAR-TASS Informs: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All the information on Lake Onega petroglyphs - drawings of ancient people carved on rocks 5 thousand years ago - is kept in electronic data base, presented in Petrozavodsk.
		About 1200 petroglyphs were found on the eastern shore of Lake Onega.
		With time it will include not only all the petroglyphs of Lake Onega but also those of the White Sea, where about 3 thousand drawings were found.
	www.gov.karelia.ru /gov/News/2001/0417_01_e.html (183 words)

	Global Quest - Imperial Russian Waterways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From the lake enjoy the panorama of the city, with its terraces along the shore, walk the market and splendid parks.
		Renowned for its open-air Museum of Architecture assembled from various areas of the country and restored to form a glimpse of the past, Kizhi is a feast for the eyes.
		Cruise Lake Onega, the second-largest lake in Europe and one of the world’s purest.
	www.globalquesttravel.com /russia/ruspage.shtml (749 words)

	SOME STATISTICS ABOUT ROCK-CARVINGS OF LAKE ONEGA
		One and a half centuries have passed since the beginning of studying the rock carvings of Lake Onega (Poikalainen and Ernits 1990).
		Nearly two thirds of the petroglyphs at the mouth of the Vodla are ornithomorphic, whereas lunar and solar symbols are completely lacking.
		and Ernits, E. Rock Carvings of Lake Onega: The Vodla Region.
	haldjas.folklore.ee /Folklore/vol11/carvings.htm (1853 words)

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