Svir River

History of the White Sea - Baltic Canal with section Svir

Catchment area of ​​the Svir

The Svir (Russian Свирь, Finnish and Karelian Syväri ) is a river in Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. It connects the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga. He is also part of the White Sea - Baltic Canal and the Volga - Baltic Canal. Two river power plants use the difference in height of 28.5 m and divide the flow into the Upper Svir is 93 km, 45 km and Svir Mean Lower Svir 80 km away. The width is only 100 m near the city Podporozhye, which makes the crossing of many ships. In flooded Iwinsker pool ( Ивинский Разлив ) it reaches a width of 10 to 12 km. Riverside in the Village Museum Werchnije Mandrogi is.

The Svir, the traditional southern boundary of the landscape Karelia dar. It starts at Wosnessenje ( Вознесенье, in the south of Lake Onega ) and ends after 224 km in Lake Ladoga.