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Lake Roine
Roine is a medium-sized lake in Finland. The lake is located in the Pirkanmaa region, mostly in the municipality of Kangasala and for a lesser part in the municipality of Pälkäne.Roine in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-01. The lake is part of basin and a chain of lakes that consists of Längelmävesi, , Roine, Pälkänevesi< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangasala
Kangasala is a city in Finland which is situated about 16 kilometres East of Tampere. The city was founded in 1865 and had a population of people as of . Kangasala covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Finnish author Zacharias Topelius describes the city's natural environment in his poem "A Summer's Day in Kangasala" (which was later set to music by Gabriel Linsén). It is also known for its mansions, such as Liuksiala, where the Swedish queen Karin Månsdotter lived as a widow, and Wääksy. Kangasala has a long history of tourism due to its cultural aspect, notably its museums, and its landscape, which contains ridges and lakes. For instance, the lakes Roine, Längelmävesi, and Vesijärvi are located in Kangasala. These lakes are also mentioned in the poem by Topelius, and Vesijärvi is known to be the lake where the scenic view described in the lyrics is situated. The municipality of Sahalahti was consolidated into Kangasala on 1 January 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesijako
Vesijako (also Vesijakaa) is a lake in Finland. It is situated in Padasjoki in the region of Päijänne Tavastia.Vesijako in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-04. The lake is famous in Finland as a (the name ''Vesijako'' actually means ""), together with the nearby Lummene that is somewhat less known, and from which waters flow eastwards into lake [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokemäenjoki Basin
The Kokemäenjoki ("Kokemäki River", sv, Kumo älv) is a river in southwestern Finland. Geography The river originates at Lake Liekovesi in the Pirkanmaa region, and flows to the Gulf of Bothnia at Pori in the Satakunta region. Primary tributaries of Kokemäenjoki are the Loimijoki, Kauvatsanjoki and Harjunpäänjoki rivers. See also * Kokemäki Castle *Kyrösjärvi *Kulovesi * Längelmävesi *Rautavesi (Sastamala) * Index: Kokemäenjoki basin *List of rivers of Finland This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. Water flows from Finland directly to the B ... References External links Kokemäenjoki-LIFE— ''a project for the restoration and management of valuable natural sites along the Kokemäenjoki River.'' *http://www.kokemaenjoki.fi/etusivu/kokemaenjoki - in Finnish *http://www.pilvivene.com/suurijoki/ - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Zachris Topelius
Zachris Topelius (, ; 14 January 181812 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. Given name Zacharias is his baptismal name, and this is used on the covers of his printed works. However, "he himself most often used the abbreviation Z. or the form Zachris, even in official contexts", as explained in the National Biography of Finland. Zachris is therefore the preferred form used in recent academic literature about him. Other spellings used are Sakari and Sakarias. Life and career Early life The original name of the Topelius family was the Finnish name Toppila, which had been Latinized to Toppelius by the author's grandfather's grandfather and later changed to Topelius. Topelius was born at Kuddnäs, near Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, the son of a physician of the same name (), who was distinguished as the earliest collector of Finnish folk-songs. As a child he heard his mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauho
Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland). Hauho was amalgamated with the municipality of Hämeenlinna on 1 January 2009. Prior to the amalgamation, Hauho – which was unilingually Finnish – had had a population of 3,934 (31 December 2008)Population Register Center of Finland and covered an area of of which was water. The was . It has been calculated that Hauho lies at Finland's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmoilanselkä
Ilmoilanselkä is a lake in Finland. It is part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins, flows westwards from there through the lakes Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä and drains into lake Mallasvesi. The lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin and is located for the biggest part in the area of the city of Hämeenlinna (in the area of the former municipality of Hauho) in the Tavastia Proper region and for a smaller part in the municipality of Pälkäne in the Pirkanmaa region.Ilmoilanselkä in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-04. See also * |
Hauhonselkä
Hauhonselkä is a lake in Finland. It is part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins and flows westwards from there through the lakes Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä and ends into lake Mallasvesi. The lake is located in the city of Hämeenlinna in the area of the former municipality of Hauho in the Tavastia Proper region and it is a part of the Kokemäenjoki basin. See also *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. ... References Finnish Environment Institute: Lakes in Finland Lakes of Hämeenlinna Kokemäenjoki basin Landforms of Kanta-Häme {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iso-Roine
Iso-Roine (also Iso Roinevesi) is medium-sized lake in the Kokemäenjoki main catchment area in the Tavastia Proper region in Finland. The lake is located in the area of the city of Hämeenlinna. It is part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins and flows westwards from there through the lakes Kuohijärvi and Kukkia into the Lake Iso-Roine, which in turn drains into lake Mallasvesi through the lakes Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä.Iso-Roine in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-01. This lake is one of the deepest lakes in Finland, depth is more than 70 meters. See also * |
Kukkia
Kukkia is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is a part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene, Vehkajärvi and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins and flows westwards from there through the Lake Kuohijärvi into Lake Kukkia.Kukkia in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-01. From Kukkia the chain of lakes drains into lake through the lakes , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuohijärvi
Kuohijärvi is a lake in Finland. It is part of a chain of lakes that begins from the lakes Lummene and Vesijako at the drainage divide between the Kokemäenjoki and Kymijoki basins, flows westwards from there and drains into lake Mallasvesi through the lakes Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä. The lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin and is located for the biggest part in the area of the city of Hämeenlinna (in the area of the former municipality of Hauho) in the Tavastia Proper region and for a smaller part in the municipality of Pälkäne (in the area of the former municipality of Luopioinen) in the Pirkanmaa region. See also *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. ... References Finnish Environment Institute: Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehkajärvi
Vehkajärvi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is located at the border of Pirkanmaa, Päijänne Tavastia and Central Finland regions in the Finnish Lakeland and there mostly in the municipality of Kangasala, and for lesser parts in the municipalities of Pälkäne, Padasjoki and Kuhmoinen.Vehkajärvi in Järviwiki Web Service . Retrieved 2014-03-09. The lake is a part of a lake system that consists of Vehkajärvi, and |
