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Lake Hino
Lake Hino ( Estonian: ''Hino järv''; also: ''Pugalo järv'', ''Suur-Pugalo järv'', ''Valgejärv'', and ''Henno järv'') is a lake in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia. It is located near the villages of Hino and Misso. The lake covers an area of 198.8 ha, which is the largest and most island-rich lake in the Haanja Upland. Its maximum depth is 10.4 m, the average 3.1 m. Lake Hino is located at an altitude 180 meters above sea level. See also *List of lakes of Estonia ''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.'' Largest lakes All lakes ''List is incomplete'' See also * External links {{Europe topic, List of lakes of * Estonia Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, locali ... Hino Rõuge Parish Lakes of Võru County {{Estonia-geo-stub ...
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Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality) in the south and Russian Federation (Pskov Oblast) in the east. The territory of Võrumaa covers and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. In January 2013 Võru County had a population of 32,806, 2.5% of the total population in Estonia. The county is subdivided into 12 rural municipalities and one urban municipality, the county capital, Võru. Ethnic Division and Culture In Võru County, there are 95.3% Estonians, 3.3% Russians and 1.4% other nationalities. Two indigenous ethnic groups live in Võru County – the Võro people and the Setos. Both ethnic groups have their own language (Võro, Seto) and cultural heritage in traditions. Võro People The Võro Institute is established for the preservation an ...
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Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ...
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Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ...
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Rõuge Parish
Rõuge Parish ( et, Rõuge vald; vro, Rõugõ vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. In 2019, it had a population of 5,427 and an area of 933 km². In 2017, it merged with Haanja Parish, Mõniste Parish, Misso Parish, and Varstu Parish to create a new entity. It retained the Rõuge Parish name. Settlements ;Small boroughs Misso - Rõuge - Varstu ;Villages Aabra - Ahitsa - Ala-Palo - Ala-Suhka - Ala-Tilga - Andsumäe - Augli - Haabsilla - Haanja - Häärmäni - Haavistu - Haki - Hallimäe - Hämkoti - Handimiku - Hanija - Hansi - Hapsu - Härämäe - Harjuküla - Heedu - Heibri - Hinsa - Hino - Hintsiko - Hinu - Holdi - Horoski - Horosuu - Horsa - Hotõmäe - Hulaku - Hurda - Hürova - Hürsi - Hüti - Ihatsi - Jaanimäe - Jaanipeebu - Järvekülä - Järvepalu - Jugu - Käänu - Kääraku - Kaaratautsa - Käbli - Kadõni - Kähri - Kahrila-Mustahamba - Kahru - Kaku - Kaldemäe - Kallaste - Kaloga - Kalu ...
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Hino, Võru County
Hino is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County in Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a .... (retrieved 14 March 2020) References Villages in Võru County {{Võru-geo-stub ...
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Misso
Misso is a small borough (') in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, South East Estonia. Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) it was the administrative center of Misso Parish. It is situated on the European route E77 European route E 77 is a part of the inter-European road system. This Class A intermediate north–south route is long and it connects the Baltic Sea with the central part of the continent. History In the version of the E-road network e .... References Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Kreis Werro {{Võru-geo-stub ...
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Haanja Upland
Haanja Upland (also Haanja Highland, ) is a hilly area of higher elevation in southern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...."Haanja kõrgustik"
Estonian Encyclopedia "Estonica" It contains the highest point of Estonia, Suur Munamägi. The upland continues into the neighboring Latvia as the Alūksne Upland.


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List Of Lakes Of Estonia
''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.'' Largest lakes All lakes ''List is incomplete'' See also * External links {{Europe topic, List of lakes of * Estonia Lakes 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 larger ...
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Lakes Of Estonia
''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.'' Largest lakes All lakes ''List is incomplete'' See also * External links {{Europe topic, List of lakes of * Estonia Lakes 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 larger ...
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