Lake Kubenskoye

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Kubenskoye
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location = Vologda Oblast
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type = natural lake, reservoir
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outflow = Sukhona River
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basin_countries = Russia
length = 60 km
width = 3 - 9 km
area = 407 km²
depth = 3 m
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elevation = 109 m
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Kubenskoe Lake ( _ru. Кубенское озеро) is a large and shallow lake in Vologda Oblast of Russia, situated at the height of 109 metres above mean sea level, stretching for 60 km from north-west to south-east.

The lake area is 648 km², without islands — 407 km². Its average depth is 3 metres. The lake is known for its frequents storms and seasonal fluctuations of water level. "The average seasonal variation is 2.4 m and the maximum is 5.49 m" [ [http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/lakelevels/former_ussr/lake_descriptions/textfiles/kuben.txt Paleolimnology Guide] ] It is the source of the Sukhona River.

The lake was settled by Russians in the 12th century, when the Kamenny Monastery was founded on an islet in the lake. One branch of the Princes of Yaroslavl owned lands in the vicinity and was known as Princes Kubensky. Since 1828, the lake has been part of the Volga-Northern Dvina canal system. The eastern terminus of the Northern Dvina Canal 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.

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