Bielo-oz'ero ('White Lake'), a lake in the government of Novgorod, Russia, covering an area of 432 sq. m., its length being about 25 miles, and its breadth 20. Its surplus waters are conveyed by the Sheksna River into the Volga, and canals unite it with the Onega, Sukona, and Dwina.—BIELOZERSK is an old wooden town on the south shore of the lake. Pop. 4286.
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