Lake Sysmä ( fi, Sysmä) is a medium-sized lake in the
Vuoksi
The Vuoksi (russian: Вуокса, historically: "Uzerva"; fi, Vuoksi; sv, Vuoksen) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The ri ...
main catchment area. It is located in the
Northern Karelia
North Karelia ( fi, Pohjois-Karjala; sv, Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, North Savo, South Savo and South Karelia, as well as Russia's Republic of Karelia. It is the easternmost region of Finla ...
region in eastern
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 municipality of
Ilomantsi
Ilomantsi ( krl, Il'manči or Ilomančči, sv, Ilomants) is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densi ...
.
[Sysmä in Järviwiki Web Service]
Finnish Environment Institute. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
Biggest
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
s are Lammassaari, Korpisaari, Veitsisaari and Kokkosaari.
Sysmä
Sysmä () is a municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hart ...
is also the name of a municipality in
Päijänne Tavastia region
Sysmä-lakes in Järviwiki Web Service
Retrieved 2014-03-09. and Sysmä is also a lake in Joroinen
Joroinen is a municipality in the North Savo region of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia sub-region. The municipality has a population of approximately 4,626 people and covers an area of ...
.
See also
*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.
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References
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Lakes of Ilomantsi