Kyrösjärvi is a medium-sized lake in
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 B ...
. It is situated in the municipalities of
Ikaalinen
Ikaalinen (; sv, Ikalis) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
The munici ...
,
Hämeenkyrö
Hämeenkyrö (; sv, Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The ne ...
and
Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
...
in the
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme an ...
region in western Finland. The lake is part of the
Kokemäenjoki
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 tributa ...
basin and it drains through a chain of lakes into the lake
Kulovesi
Kulovesi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is situated in the area of the towns Nokia and Sastamala in the Pirkanmaa region. The lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin. The lake Pyhäjärvi drains through the Nokianvirta River into the Lake ...
in the south.
[ Kyrösjärvi in the Jarviwiki Web Service]
Retrieved 2014-03-01.
See also
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List of lakes in Finland
There are 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 5 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.
Alphabetica ...
References
External links
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Kokemäenjoki basin
Landforms of Pirkanmaa
Lakes of Hämeenkyrö
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