Vaara-Suomi (
Finnish ''vaara'': forested, gentle sloped sizeable mountain or hill, ''Suomi'': Finland) is one of the
landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...
regions of
Finland. It stretches from
North Karelia ("Hills of Karelia") to
Kainuu
Kainuu ( sv, Kajanaland) is one of the 19 regions of Finland (''maakunta'' / ''landskap''). Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo and North Karelia. In the east, it also borders Russia (Republic of Karelia).
Culturally Kai ...
and
Koillismaa
Koillismaa ("North-East Finland") is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.
Municipalities
* Kuusamo
* Taivalkoski
Geographic region
Koillismaa is also a geographic region, which includes Kuu ...
("Hill Country of Kainuu and Kuusamo"),
north of the
Finnish Lakeland.
Through North Karelia runs a range of
quartzite ridged hills that reach above 200 meters high, which are the remnants of a mountain chain, the
Karelides,
worn down over multiple glaciations. This belt of hills continues across Kainuu, the easternmost parts of
North Ostrobothnia, and the southeastern tip 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 ...
. The area is largely heavily forested
taiga. Between the hills lie peatlands, lakes and rapids. The climate is continental.
The peaks of the hills have unleached and thus fertile moraine soil.
The
Hossa and
Koli National Parks are in Vaara-Suomi. The highest peak is
Valtavaara in
Kuusamo
Kuusamo ( sme, Guossán; smn, Kuáccám) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
T ...
(492 m
).
References
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Landforms of Finland