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Võrtsjärv
Lake Võrtsjärv (; german: Wirzsee) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia (behind Lake Peipus), and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake is 33.7 m (111 ft) above sea level. The river Emajõgi flows from Lake Võrtsjärv to Lake Peipus. History The lake basin existed before the Last Ice Age, but was then transformed by moving ice sheets which partly eroded the lake wall and partly filled the depression with deposits. In its present form the lake has existed since the Middle Holocene. It was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, where it is called ''Worcegerwe''. Geography The relatively low shores of the lake are swampy in the south and sandy in the north. On the eastern shore, there is a coastal abrasion near the village of Tamme; these cliffs have yielded a number of fossils of Devonian fish, which have been compared to similar fossils fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emajõgi
Emajõgi (; meaning ''"Mother River"'') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipsi, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 100 km. The Emajõgi is sometimes called the Suur Emajõgi ("Great Emajõgi"), in contrast with the Väike Emajõgi ("Little Emajõgi"), another river which flows into the southern end of Lake Võrtsjärv. Emajõgi is the second largest river in Estonia by discharge and the only fully navigable river. Course The source of Emajõgi is at the northeastern shore of Võrtsjärv at Rannu-Jõesuu, from where the river follows a roughly eastward course towards Lake Peipsi. The course of Emajõgi is divided into 3 distinct sections. dead link In the upper course, from Võrtsjärv to Kärevere bridge, the river flows through large, flat and marshy areas, which are part of Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve. In this heavily meandering section, Emajõgi lacks a clearly defined floodplain – the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Õhne
The Õhne (also known as ''Suislepa'' and ''Hoomuli'' River; lv, Omuļupe) is a long river in southern Estonia. Its source is Veisjärv Lake and mouth Võrtsjärv, Võrtsjärv Lake, it also flows some kilometres in Latvia. The basin area of Õhne is 573 km2. The towns of Tõrva, Vooru and Suislepa are situated on the Õhne River. Gallery File:Ohne-jogi1.JPG, File:Ohne jogi.jpg, File:Õhne jõgi 2010.jpg, File:Õhne jõgi Suislepa külas.jpg, References Rivers of Estonia Rivers of Latvia Landforms of Viljandi County International rivers of Europe {{Latvia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väike Emajõgi
The Väike Emajõgi is a river in southern Estonia that drains into Lake Võrtsjärv A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger .... The length of the river is 93.4 km. References Rivers of Estonia Landforms of Valga County {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve ( et, Alam-Pedja looduskaitseala) is the largest nature reserve in Estonia. It is a vast wilderness area which covers and consists of a complex of 5 large bogs separated by unregulated rivers, their floodplains, and extensive forests. The nature reserve aims to protect diverse ecosystems and rare species, mainly through preserving the natural development of forests and bogs and securing the continuing management of semi-natural floodplain grasslands. Alam-Pedja is situated in Central Estonia northeast of Lake Võrtsjärv, in a lowland area called the Võrtsjärv Basin. It spans over three counties - Tartu, Jõgeva and Viljandi. The area has an especially low density of human population, comparable to that of wolf, bear and lynx. The nature reserve was established in 1994. It is recognized as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and since 2004 it is a designated Natura 2000 site. The name Alam-Pedja, translating as Lower-Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tänassilma River
Tänassilma River is a river in Viljandi County, Estonia. The river is 39.9 km long and basin size is 448.7 km2. It runs into Võrtsjärv Lake Võrtsjärv (; german: Wirzsee) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia (behind Lake Peipus), and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow .... References Rivers of Estonia Viljandi County {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarvastu River
Tarvastu River is a river in Viljandi County, Estonia. The river is 26.9 km long and basin size is 111.4 km2. It runs into Võrtsjärv Lake Võrtsjärv (; german: Wirzsee) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia (behind Lake Peipus), and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow .... References Rivers of Estonia Viljandi County {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamme, Tartu County
Tamme is a village in Elva Parish, Tartu County in Estonia. (retrieved 9 March 2020) It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Võrtsjärv A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger .... References Villages in Tartu County {{Tartu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tondisaar
Tondisaar () is an island in the southern part of Estonia's second-largest lake, Võrtsjärv. Tondisaar is the only inland nesting place for Great cormorants in Estonia. See also * List of islands of Estonia This is an ''incomplete'' list of islands of Estonia. There are 2355 islands in total. Largest islands Incomplete list See also *List of islands in the Baltic Sea *List of islands Notes References {{Authority control Estonia ... References Lake islands of Estonia {{Estonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanishing Island
Vanishing island refers to any permanent island which is exposed at low tide but is submersed at high tide. Vanishing islands occur globally. There are vanishing islands in the Philippines and several in the San Juan Islands. In early times, seamen were confused by this phenomenon and invented explanations for it, usually involving a massive sea monster that would let a crew land on its back before submersing itself, drowning the crew. Notable examples of these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius, Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and various accounts of the kraken. There is a vanishing island off the west coast of Samal Island in the Philippines. See also * Tidal island A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands, many of them have been sites of ... References Islands by type Tides {{isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Level
Water level, also known as gauge height or stage, is the elevation of the free surface of a sea, stream, lake or reservoir relative to a specified vertical datum.ISO 772: 1996. Hydrometric determinations – Vocabulary and symbols. See also * Water level (device), device utilizing the surface of liquid water to establish a local horizontal plane of reference * Flood stage * Hydraulic head * Stream gauge ** Water level gauges * Tide gauge * Level sensor * Liquid level * Stage (hydrology) * Sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ... References Hydrology Vertical position {{hydrology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Eels
The eel is a long, thin bony fish of the order Anguilliformes. The species has a catadromous life cycle, that is: at different stages of development migrating between inland waterways and the deep ocean. Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as young eels, the life cycle of the eel was a mystery for a very long period of scientific history. Past studies of eels The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') was historically the one most familiar to Western scientists, beginning with Aristotle, who wrote the earliest known inquiry into the natural history of eels. He speculated that they were born of "earth worms", which he believed were formed of mud, growing from the "guts of wet soil" rather than through sexual reproduction. Many centuries passed before scientists were able to demonstrate that such spontaneous generation does not occur in nature. In 1777, the Italian Carlo Mondini located an eel's ovaries and demonstrated that eels are a kind of fish. In 1876, as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
