Lummene (also Lummenne) is a lake in
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 Bot ...
in the municipality of
Kuhmoinen in the
Central Finland region.
The lake is a
bifurcation lake. One outflow from it is eastwards into the lake
Päijänne, which is a part of
Kymijoki basin and drains into the
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and ...
. Other outflow is into lake
Vehkajärvi and from there into lake
Vesijako that also is a bifurcation lake.
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Finnish Environment Institute
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ( fi, Suomen ympäristökeskus, sv, Finlands miljöcentral) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilitie ...
. Retrieved 2014-02-26. From lake Vesijako there are two outflows: one eastwards into lake Päijänne and another outflow westwards through a chain of lakes that consists of the lakes
Kuohijärvi,
Kukkia,
Iso-Roine,
Hauhonselkä and
Ilmoilanselkä, and ends into lake
Mallasvesi, from which the waters flow through
Vanajavesi and
Pyhäjärvi towards
Kokemäenjoki and the
Gulf of Bothnia
The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast ( We ...
in the west.
Lake Lummene has inspired cosmetics producer company
Lumene
Lumene is a Finnish manufacturer of cosmetics, based in Kauklahti, Espoo. Majority of the Lumene products are developed and manufactured in Finland. The company's key markets are Finland, Scandinavia, UK and China. As of September 2021 the main ...
to choose its trademark name.
References
Not Any Usual Route(About bifurcation lakes in Finland)
Kuhmoinen
Kokemäenjoki basin
Kymi basin
Bifurcation lakes
Lakes of Padasjoki
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