As of 2020, Lake Baikal located in the Russian Siberia covered an area of 31.5 thousand square kilometers and was therefore the largest freshwater lake in the country. The next largest freshwater lake in Russia was Lake Ladoga with an area of 17.7 thousand square kilometers located in the Leningrad Oblast and the Republic of Karelia.
Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area
(in 1,000 square kilometers)
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. (December 13, 2021). Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area (in 1,000 square kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. "Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area (in 1,000 square kilometers) ." Chart. December 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. (2021). Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area (in 1,000 square kilometers) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. "Russia's Largest Freshwater Lakes as of 2020, by Area (in 1,000 Square Kilometers) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area (in 1,000 square kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Russia's largest freshwater lakes as of 2020, by area (in 1,000 square kilometers) [Graph], Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, December 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1048052/the-largest-lakes-in-russia-by-area/
