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Aerial view of a tranquil rocky island in Lake Ladoga, Karelia, Russia under a blue sky

10 largest lakes in Europe

Europe’s biggest inland waters gather across a broad northern arc, where ice sheets once pressed into the land and major rivers later became routes for dams. The scale is easy to miss from shore. Lake Ladoga alone covers about 17,700 square kilometers, an expanse larger than many people picture when they hear the word lake.…