![Luhtajoki](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Luhtajoki.jpg)
The Luhtajoki is a long river in
Southern 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 ...
. The river starts from
Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...
and flows as ''Kyläjoki'' into the church village of
Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...
, where it flows 23 kilometers (14 mi) into the
Klaukkala and from there to the
River Vantaa where it connects.
The Luhtajoki River is lush and its water is clayey. The river is subject to both point and diffuse loads. The loads are caused by, for example, sewage load and agriculture. There are extensive floodplains in the area. The river has been sprouted several times. The Luhtajoki River is classified as satisfactory and the River Kyläjoki as passable. The river is also quite demanding for
canoeing
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due to its eutrophication and sometimes its low amount of water.
See also
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Kuhakoski
Kuhakoski (; literally meaning "zander rapids") is a rapids near the village of Perttula in Nurmijärvi, Finland.
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Valkjärvi (lake)
References
Rivers of Finland
Nature of Nurmijärvi
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