Kannonselkä
Kannonselkä (also called ''Kannonjärvi'') is a medium-sized lake of Central Finland in the Kymijoki main catchment area. It is in the area of Kannonkoski municipality.Kannonselkä in Järviwiki Finnish Environment Institute: Lakes in Finland. Retrieved 2014-2-28. The lake is in quite natural condition and there are good possibilities for fishing. There are several archaeological settlement places in Otaniemi on the lake shore.Kannonkosken muinaisjäännösinventointi lokakuussa 2004. Published by Mikroliitti. Retrieved 2014-2-28. References See also *List of lakes in Finland
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Kannonkoski
Kannonkoski is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Karstula, Kivijärvi, Saarijärvi, Viitasaari and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Kannonkoski as a settlement name is very new, originally only referring to the rapids which connect the lake Kannonjärvi to the lake Kivijärvi. The toponym ''kannonn Maa'' was mentioned in 1552, referring to hunting grounds of the people of Sysmä in this area. The people of Pälkäne also had hunting grounds around the rapids and the name ''Kannonkoski'' may be derived from ''Kantokylä'', a village in Pälkäne. By 1558 the area had got permanent Savonian settlers, who established the village of ''Kantojärvi'' (transcribed as ''Kandoijerffuij''). Rautalampi, including this area, became a separate parish in 1561. Viitasaari was separa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Lakes In Finland
There are 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 5 Hectare#Are, ares (500 square metres / 5,382 sq.ft.) Most are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs larger than 10 km². They are listed here along with some smaller noteworthy lakes. Alphabetical listing A Aapajärvi, Ala-Kintaus, Ala-Kitka B Lake Bodom, Bodominjärvi E Elämäjärvi, Enäjärvi, Enijärvi, Enonvesi, Lake Evijärvi, Evijärvi H Lake Haapajärvi, Haapajärvi, Hankavesi, Hankavesi – Lonkari, Hankavesi – Välivesi, Hauhonselkä, Haukivesi, Hiidenvesi, Hiirenvesi, Hirvijärvi Reservoir, Hirvijärvi – Kalliovesi, Höytiäinen, Hyrynjärvi I Lake Iijärvi (Inari), Iijärvi (1), Lake Iijärvi (Ristijärvi), Iijärvi (2), Iijärvi (Kuusamo), Iijärvi (3), Lake Iijärvi (Suomussalmi), Iijärvi (4), Iisvesi, Iivantiira – Juttuajärvi, Ilmoilanselkä, Immalanjärvi, Lake Inari, Inari, Irnijärvi, Irnijärvi – Ala-Irni, Tipasjärvi, Iso and Pieni Tipasjärvi, Iso Lamujärvi, Iso Lohijärvi, Lake Ke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central Finland
Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomi; sv, Mellersta Finland) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, North Savo, and Southern Savonia, South Savo. The city of Jyväskylä is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area. The largest lake in the very water-based region is Lake Päijänne (1,080 km2). Other large lakes are Lake Keitele (490 km2), Lake Konnevesi (190 km2) and Lake Kivijärvi (Central Finland), Lake Kivijärvi (150 km2). The highest point in the region is Kiiskilänmäki in the municipality of Multia, Finland, Multia, which reaches an altitude of 269 meters above sea level. Kuokanjoki, Finland's shortest river and one of the world's shortest rivers is in the region. Central Finland has been one of the slowly growing regions in terms of population, but the growth has been based on the Jyväskylä sub-region's pos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |