White Sea–Baltic Canal waterway length is , of which are man-made. The current flows north from Lake Onega to the White Sea, and all navigation marks are set according to it. Once in Lake Onega, ships can exit the southwest shore through the Svir River (and its two locks) to reach Lake Ladoga and then proceed down the Neva River to Saint Petersburg and the Baltic Sea. Alternatively, from Lake Onega river ships can sail eastward into the Volga–Baltic Waterway. The canal begins near Povenets settlement in Povenets bay of Lake Onega. After Povenets there are seven locks close together, forming the "Stairs
Salinas of the English Port loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta"). It hosts characteristic sand dune and wetland birds, including the greater hoopoe-lark ("Alaemon alaudipes"), the black-crowned sparrow lark ("Eremopterix nigriceps"), bar-tailed lark ("Ammomanes cinctura"), the sanderling ("Calidris alba") and the bar-tailed godwit ("Limosa lapponica"). It also has an important population of the Kentish plover: 50% of the total population of Cape Verde (150-300 individuals). Salinas of the English Port Salinas of the English Port () is a saline wetland in the southwestern part of the island of Maio, Cape Verde, northwest of the city Porto Inglês. It is a protected area ("Paisagem Protegida das Salinas