Finding its outlet in the Neva, by which it empties into the Gulf of Finland, it is about 17,700 square kilometers in area.
The time required for renewal of its water is eleven full years. The Valaam Monastery is located in its northern section, and this body of water contains about 660 islands and a subspecies of ringed seal that is endemic to it. Its three major tributaries are the Svir, Vuoksi, and Volkhov rivers, and it was nicknamed "The Road of Life" for the period from 1941-1944 during the siege of Leningrad. Finding its outlet in the Neva, by which it empties into the Gulf of Finland, it is about 17,700 square kilometers in area. For ten points, name this lake found in Finland and northwestern Russia, the largest lake in Europe.
The time required for renewal of its water is eleven full years.
Lake {Ladoga}