Lake Ilmen
Volkhov River at its outflow from Lake Ilmen.
Coordinates	58°20′N 31°20′E
Primary sources	Msta, Lovat, Shelon
Primary outflows	Volkhov
Basin countries	Russia
Max-length	40 km
Max-width	32 km
Surface area	982 km²
Max-depth	10 m
Water volume	908 km³
Surface elevation	18 m

Ilmen (Russian: Ильмень) is a historically important lake in the Novgorod Oblast of Russia, formerly a vital part of the Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks. The city of Novgorod lies six kilometers below the lake's outflow. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 409 KB) Taken be User:Goudzovski on June 13, 2006. ... Volkhov River, also called Olhava river (Russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia. ... Msta (Russian: ) is a river in Tver Oblast and Novgorod Oblast of Russia. ... Ловать Length 530 km Elevation of the source  ? m Average discharge 105 m³/s Area watershed  ? km² Origin Lake Lovatets Mouth Lake Ilmen Basin countries Belarus,Russia Lovat River (Russian: река́ Ло́вать) is a river in Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts of Russia. ... Shelon River (Шелонь in Russian) is a river in the Pskov Oblast and Novgorod Oblast in Russia. ... Volkhov River, also called Olhava river (Russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ... Novgorod Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... The Trade Route from the Varangians to the Greeks (Путь «из варяг в греки» in Russian) was a trade route, which connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus and the Byzantine Empire. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ...

Its verage surface area is 982 km² (may vary from 733 to 2,090 km² depending on water level). The lake is fed by 52 inflowing rivers, the four main ones being Msta, Pola, Lovat River, Shelon and is drained through a single outlet, the Volkhov, into the Lake Ladoga, and subsequently via the Neva into the Gulf of Finland. The MSTA is a conventional 152 mm howitzer designed by the Soviet Union during the later part of the Cold War. ... Пола Length 267 km Elevation of the source  ? m Average discharge 63 m³/s Area watershed 7,420 km² Origin Valdai Hills Mouth Lake Ilmen Basin countries Russia Pola River (Russian: река́ По́ла) is a river in Novgorod Oblast of Russia. ... Ловать Length 530 km Elevation of the source  ? m Average discharge 105 m³/s Area watershed  ? km² Origin Lake Lovatets Mouth Lake Ilmen Basin countries Belarus,Russia Lovat River (Russian: река́ Ло́вать) is a river in Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts of Russia. ... Shelon River (Шелонь in Russian) is a river in the Pskov Oblast and Novgorod Oblast in Russia. ... Volkhov River, also called Olhava river (Russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts in Russia. ... Map of lake Ladoga Towpath Bridge between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (from a photograph taken ca. ... The River Neva (Russian: Нева́) is a 74 km-long Russian river flowing from Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро, Ladožskoe Ozero) through the Karelian Isthmus (Карельский Перешеек, Karelskij PereÅ¡eek) and the city of Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg) to the Gulf of Finland (Финский Залив, Finskij Zaliv). ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ...

The water level is regulated by the Volkhov hydroelectric dam situated downstream the Volkhov River. Water temperature in July is 19-20°C. Bathing season is about 90 days. Fishery. Shipping lines are Novgorod–Staraya Russa and Novgorod–Shimsk. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... Staraya Russa (Russian: ) is an old Russian town located 99 km south of Veliky Novgorod. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... Shimsk (Russian: ) is an urban-type settlement and administrative center of Shimsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on a highway connecting Velikiy Novgorod and Pskov, 48 km south-west of Velikiy Novgorod. ...