Leppävesi is the 65th (63.59 km
2) largest lake of
Finland
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in
municipalities
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Jyväskylä
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,
Laukaa
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and
Toivakka
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() and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually ...
in
Central Finland
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.
It is quite a narrow but long lake in the south-north direction with a surface area of 63.59 km². It flows to
Päijänne via Vaajavirta. It is part of
Keitele Canal, a waterway connecting
Lake Keitele
Keitele is a large lake located in Central Finland. With a area of 493.59 km2, it is the 9th largest lake in the country. The lake is divided into three regions, Ylä-, Keski-, and Ala-Keitele, of which Keski-Keitele is the largest. Water in ...
and Päijänne.
National road 9 and
Pieksämäki–Jyväskylä railway cross the lake.
References
Leppävesi in Kalapaikka.net
See also
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List of lakes in Finland
Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lakes ...
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Landforms of Central Finland
Toivakka
Lakes of Laukaa
Lakes of Jyväskylä
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