Lake Topozero

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Lake Topozero
from space
Lake Topozero
Location	Republic of Karelia
Coordinates	65°40′N 32°00′E / 65.667°N 32.000°E / 65.667; 32.000Coordinates: 65°40′N 32°00′E / 65.667°N 32.000°E / 65.667; 32.000
Primary outflows	Kovda (Sofyanga)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	75.3 km (46.8 mi)
Max. width	30.3 km (18.8 mi)
Surface area	986 km2 (381 sq mi)
Max. depth	50 m (160 ft)
Islands	100+

Lake Topozero (Russian: Топозеро, Finnish: Tuoppajärvi) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of 986 square kilometres (381 sq mi) long, and a drainage basin of 3,530 square kilometres (1,360 sq mi).^[1] It is 75.3 km long and 30.3 km wide. Maximum depth is about 50 m. There are more than 100 islands on the lake. Topozero is used for fishery and timber rafting. Its primary outflow is the Kovda, which is also called Sofyanga in its first stretch from Lake Topozero to Lake Pyaozero. The Kovda flows to the White Sea.

References[]

This Republic of Karelia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t