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die Fläche des größten Sees Europas, des Ladogasees, übertrifft er um rund 1000 km².
This size comparison is backwards: Lake Ontario is larger than Lake Ladoga by roughly 900–1,100 km², not smaller.
Full reasoning
Authoritative sources put Lake Ontario at about 19,009 km² in surface area, while Lake Ladoga is about 18,135 km² including islands. That means Ladoga does not exceed Ontario by around 1,000 km²; rather, Ontario is larger by about 874 km² on those figures. Even alternate commonly cited Ladoga figures excluding islands are smaller still, which only strengthens the contradiction.
So the sentence reverses the comparison: the larger of the two is Lake Ontario, not Lake Ladoga.
2 sources
- Lake Ontario | National Marine Ecosystem Status
Lake Ontario has a water surface area of 19,009 square kilometers or 7,340 square miles.
- Lake Ladoga | World Lake Database - ILEC
Lake Ladoga is the largest freshwater body in Europe with a surface area of 18,135 km2 including the islands area of 460 km2.