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Lake Peipus
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lake in Estonia and Russia, including Lake Pihkva
Lake Peipus is a large lake shared between Estonia and Russia, also known as Lake Pihkva in Russian. It is significant as an important body of water and natural border between the two countries.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Has part
- Lämmijärv
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Area
- 3543
- Elevation
- 30
- Image
- Lake Peipus, LandSat-8, 2016-10-20.jpg
- Width
- 49
- Length
- 143
- Perimeter
- 520
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- outflows
- Narva
- Commons category
- Lake Peipus
- watershed area
- 47800
- residence time of water
- 2.73
- vertical depth
- 17.6
- volume as quantity
- 25000
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Peipus
- P6482
- Lake Peipus
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- basin country
- Belarus
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Encyclopedic overview
Drone video of Lake Peipus and the town of Mustvee in July 2022
Lake Peipus (/ˈpeɪpʊs/; Estonian: Peipsi-Pihkva järv, IPA: [ˈpei̯psʲi ˈpʲihkʋɑ ˈjærʋ]; Russian: Чудско-Псковское озеро or Псковско-Чудское озеро) is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia.
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