Largest lakes of Europe

		Name	Alternative names	Country	Average area (km²)	Notes
1	E01	Ladoga	Лáдожское Óзеро, Laatokka	Russia	17700	14th largest lake in the world
2	E02	Onega	Onego, Онежское озеро, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi	Russia	9894	18th largest lake in the world
		Kuybyshev	Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, Ку́йбышевское водохрани́лище	Russia	6450	3rd largest reservoir in the world
3	N01	Vänern		Sweden	5655	Largest lake in Sweden
		Rybinsk	Rybinskoye Reservoir, Ры́бинское водохрани́лище	Russia	4500
4	N02	Saimaa	Saimen	Finland	4377	Largest lake in Finland; a group of smaller lake basins
5	E03	Peipus	Peipsi-Pihkva järv, Чудско-Псковское озеро, Peipusa ezers	Estonia, Russia	3555	Largest lake in Estonia
		Tsimlyansk	Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir, Цимля́нское водохрани́лище	Russia	2702
		Kremenchuk-Oskol	Кременчуцьке водосховище	Ukraine	2250
		Kakhovka	Каховське водосховище	Ukraine	2155
6	N03	Vättern		Sweden	1893
		Saratov	Саратовское водохрани́лище	Russia	1831
		Gorky	Горьковское водохрани́лище	Russia	1591
		Suur-Saimaa		Finland	1377	Largest basin of Saimaa
7	E04	Beloye	Белое озеро	Russia	1290
8	E05	Vygozero	Выгозеро, Uikujärvi	Russia	1250	Original area 766 km² before the construction of a dam
9	N04	Mälaren		Sweden	1140
10	W01	IJsselmeer	Lake Yssel	Netherlands	1100	Largest lake in the Netherlands