El IChibi iLadoga ichibi lamanzi angenasawoti eliseRepublic of Karelia kanye Isifunda saseLeningrad, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeRussia, eduze kwaseSaint Petersburg. Ichibi elikhulu kunawo wonke eYurophu, kanye nechibi le-14 ngobukhulu, ngendawo emhlabeni.
Indawo yechibi iyi-17.891 km² (ngaphandle kweziqhingi). Ubude bayo (ukusuka enyakatho kuye eningizimu) bungu-219 km, ububanzi obuphakathi ngu-83 km, ukujula okumaphakathi kungama-51 m, ukujula okuphezulu cishe okungama-230 m (engxenyeni esenyakatho nentshonalanga). Kuneziqhingi ezingaba ngu-660, ezinendawo ephelele engama-435 km².
Lihlukaniswe noLwandle iBaltic yiKarelian Isthmus, engena eGulf of Finland ngoMfula iNeva, iLake Ladoga iyakwazi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, ngokuba yingxenye yoMsele weVolga-Baltic oxhuma uLwandle iBaltic noMfula iVolga. ILadoga Canal idlula echibini elisengxenyeni eseningizimu, elixhumanisa iNeva neSvir.
Umcengezi weLake Ladoga uhlanganisa amachibi angaba ngu-50.000 3.500 nemifula engama-10 85 ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha ayishumi. Cishe i-13% yemali engenayo yamanzi ingenxa yemithamo, i-2% ingenxa yezulu, kanti i-XNUMX% ingenxa yamanzi angaphansi komhlaba.
ILadoga icebile ngezinhlanzi. Kunezinhlobo ezingama-48 (izinhlobo ze-infraspecific ne-taxa) zezinhlanzi ezitholakale echibini, kufaka phakathi amaphela, igolide carp, i-walleye, i-European perch, i-ruff, izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zokuhogela, izinhlobo ezimbili ze-Albula Coregonus (vendace), izinhlobo eziyisishiyagalombili zeCoregonus i-lavaretus, ama-salmonid amaningi, kanye nokunye, yize kungavamile, kubeka engcupheni ulwandle i-European sturgeon.
Ukudoba ngenjongo yokuhweba kwakuyimboni enkulu, kepha kuthintekile ukudoba ngokweqile. Ngemuva kwempi, phakathi kuka-1945 kuya ku-1954, inani lokudotshwa kwaminyaka yonke selikhule laba ngamathani ayi-4.900 XNUMX.
Ngokuphawulekile, iNizhnesvirsky Nature Reserve isogwini lweLake Ladoga ngokushesha ngasenyakatho komlomo woMfula iSvir.
