Pihlajavesi is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
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 ...
. The area of the lake is making it
the sixth largest lake in the country. Pihlajavesi is the second-largest basin in the complex
Saimaa lake system. Pihlajavesi lacks large open lake areas but has more islands than any other lake in Finland.
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Saimaa
Nature of Savonlinna
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