Ranuanjärvi is a small and shallow lake of
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 ...
located in the center of municipality of
Ranua, in the region of
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
. It belongs to
Iijoki
Iijoki is a river of Finland in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. The river has many tributaries.Facta (encyclopedia) part 6, page 390, ''finnish'' It flows for into the Gulf of Bothnia. Some of its main tributaries are Siuruanjoki and Livo ...
main catchment area.
See also
*
List of lakes in Finland
References
Iijoki basin
Landforms of Lapland (Finland)
Lakes of Ranua
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