Lake Vyalozero
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Lake Vyalozero is a large freshwater lake
on the Kola Peninsula
, Murmansk Oblast
, Russia
. It has an area of 98.6 km². Vyala River
(left tributary of the Umba
) flows from the lake.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
on the Kola Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...
, Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the northwestern part of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk.-Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It has an area of 98.6 km². Vyala River
Vyala River
Vyala is a 35 km long river in the southwestern part on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The Vyala is a tributary to the Umba River. It flows westwards from Lake Vyalozero through a sparsely populated landscape of forests and bogs. It joins the Umba River 15 km north of the...
(left tributary of the Umba
Umba River (Russia)
Umba is a 123 km long river on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.-Geography:The river's source is Lake Umbozero, 100 km northeast of Kandalaksha, located between the mountains of the Khibiny Massif and the Lovozero Tundras on the Kola Peninsula. From there it flows south,...
) flows from the lake.