Lake Kubenskoye (russian: Кубенское озеро) is a large and shallow

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...

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, situated at the height of 110.1 metres

above mean sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

, stretching for 54 km from north-west to south-east. The lake area is , without islands — . Its average depth is . The lake is known for its frequents storms and seasonal fluctuations of water level. The average seasonal variation is and the maximum is .Paleolimnology Guide
/ref> The lake is elongated from the northwest to the southeast. It is the source of the river

Sukhona The Sukhona (russian: Су́хона) is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The course of the Sukhona lies in Ust-Kubinsky, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky, Totemsky, Tarnogsky, Nyuksensky, and Velikoustyug ...

, which flows out in the southeastern corner of the lake. Administratively, the lake is divided between

Vologodsky District Vologodsky District (russian: Волого́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1112-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders ...

(west),

Sokolsky District Sokolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrative district of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast *Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative and ...

(southeast), and

Ust-Kubinsky District Ust-Kubinsky District (russian: Усть-Ку́бинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1125-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and ...

(east) of Vologda Oblast. In terms of the area, Lake Kubenskoye is the fourth natural lake of Vologda Oblast (behind Lake Onega,

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, and

Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe, also known as Lake Charondskoye (russian: Воже, Чарондское), is a lake in the northern part of Vologda Oblast in Russia. The area of the lake is , and the area of its basin is . The average depth is around (maximum depth ...

) and the fifth lake (also behind the

Rybinsk Reservoir Rybinsk Reservoir ( rus, Ры́бинское водохрани́лище, r=Rybinskoye vodokhranilishche, p=ˈrɨbʲɪnskəɪ vədəxrɐˈnʲilʲɪɕə), informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a water reservoir (water), reservoir on the Volga Riv ...

). The area of the basin of the lake is . The basin occupies much of the central and northern parts of Vologda Oblast, as well as parts of

Konoshsky District Konoshsky District (russian: Ко́ношский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Konoshsky Municipal District.L ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

. The major tributary of the lake is the

Kubena The Kubena (russian: Кубена) is a river in Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vozhegodsky, Syamzhensky, Kharovsky, Sokolsky, and Ust-Kubinsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin . Th ...

History

The lake was settled by Russians in the 12th century, when the

Kamenny Monastery Kamenny Monastery (Russian: Спасо-Преображенский Свято-Каменный монастырь) was the name of a Russian Orthodox monastery situated on a small eponymous island in the very centre of the Kubensky Lake, in Ust- ...

was founded on an islet in the lake. One branch of the Princes of

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

owned lands in the vicinity and was known as Princes Kubensky. Since 1828, the lake has been part of the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

- Northern Dvina canal system. The eastern terminus of the

Northern Dvina Canal The Northern Dvina Canal (russian: Северодвинский канал) is a 64 km long canal in Vologda Oblast in Russia. It connects the Volga-Baltic Waterway to the Northern Dvina River through its tributary, the Sukhona River. The Nor ...

is at the northwestern end of the lake. In 1917, a dam was built at the outflow of the Sukhona, thus converting the lake into a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

References

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