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Vodla
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Also known as Vodla River

The Vodla (, ) is a river in the south-east of Republic of Karelia, Russia. The town of Pudozh is located along Vodla. The river is formed at the confluence of the rivers Sukhaya Vodla and Vama, two outflows of the Lake Vodlozero, a large freshwater lake in the southeastern part of Karelia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . After rising in Lake Vodlozero, the river flows south before turning west into Lake Onega, Europe's second largest lake. From there, the 224-kilometer river Svir connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga. The Vodla's water is soft and humic.

Key facts

River.name
Vodla
River.source1
Lake Vodlozero
River.mouth
Lake Onega
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
River.length_km
149
River.basin_size_km2
13,700

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Located in
Karelia
Continent
Europe
Image
Пудожский р-н, устье Водлы (2).jpg
Length
149
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Commons category
Vodla
mouth of the watercourse
Lake Onega
lake on watercourse
Lake Onega
watershed area
13700
discharge
140
different from
Vodla
origin of the watercourse
Vodlozero
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The Vodla (, ) is a river in the south-east of Republic of Karelia, Russia. The town of Pudozh is located along Vodla. The river is formed at the confluence of the rivers Sukhaya Vodla and Vama, two outflows of the Lake Vodlozero, a large freshwater lake in the southeastern part of Karelia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . After rising in Lake Vodlozero, the river flows south before turning west into Lake Onega, Europe's second largest lake. From there, the 224-kilometer river Svir connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga. The Vodla's water is soft and humic.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vodla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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