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Puujärvi
Puujärvi is a lake in Lohja, southern Finland. It is located to the west of Lohjanjärvi. The center of Karjalohja is located by a cane that separates the lakes from each other. Puujärvi is part of the main water area of Karjaanjoki. The wood lake is rugged, clear and deep. Its ecological and chemical status is good. Of the eleven islands of the lake, the largest are the Pussisars (Selkäsaari) and Tupassaari. The shores of Lake Puujärvi are rather dense and the lake gets diffused from both agriculture and housing. In the vicinity of Puujärvi, there are several nature complexes, such as Heponiemi Tammisto and Rautlammi and Sikasuo. See also * List of lakes in Finland References Landforms of Uusimaa Lakes of Lohja {{Finland-geo-stub ...
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Lohja
Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is bilingual, with the majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers. Lohja has the fourth-most summer houses of any municipality in Finland, with 8,468 located within the city as of June 2018. Lohja is located near Greater Helsinki, and it benefits from a good road network. It takes less than an hour to drive from Helsinki to Lohja on the E18 motorway, which is one of the most significant main road connections in Lohja next to Hangonväylä. City's bilingual slogan is: ''Järvikaupunki - Insjöstaden'' which translates to "Lake city". The landscape of Lohja is characterized by manors and gardens. Its area is divided by the Lohja ridge, which forms a watershed for the largest lake system in Uusimaa, Lake Lohja (Lohjanjärvi); mos ...
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Karjalohja
Karjalohja (; sv, label=Swedish, Karislojo) is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. Before merging into Lohja, the municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which was water. The population density was . Karjalohja was consolidated with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Villages Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Karjalohja contained of the following villages: * Härjänvatsa, Ilmoniemi, Immola, Karkali, Kattelus, Kourjoki, Kuusia, Kärkelä, Lohjantaipale, Lönnhammar (Linhamari), Maila, Makkarjoki, Murto, Mustlahti, Nummijärvi, Pappila, Pellonkylä, Pipola, Pitkälahti (Långvik), Puujärvi, Pyöli, Saarenpää, Sakkola, Suurniemi, Särkjärvi, Tallaa and Tammisto Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Karjalohja: *True Finns 21.9% *Social Democratic Party 20.3% *National ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lohjanjärvi
Lohjanjärvi ( sv, Lojo sjö; also known as Lake Lohja) is a lake located in the Uusimaa Regions of Finland, region of Finland. The majority of the lake is located within the borders of the city of Lohja and smaller parts in the municipality of Karjalohja and in the city of Raseborg. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland through Mustionjoki (also known as ''Karjaanjoki'', sv, Svartån). Together with Hiidenvesi, which drains into the gulf from the north, Lohjanjärvi is a part of the Karjaanjoki basin.Lohjanjärvi in the Jarviwiki Web Service
Retrieved 2014-03-01.


See also

*List of lakes in Finland


References

Karjaanjoki basin Lakes of Raseborg Lakes of Lohja {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ...
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Landforms Of Uusimaa
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, Stratum, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic Waterbody, waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, Plateau, plat ...
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