Ähtärinjärvi is a lake in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It is situated in the municipalities of

Ähtäri Ähtäri () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Ähtäri is located southeast of Seinäjoki ...

Alajärvi Alajärvi (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The town is unilingually Finnish. The mu ...

(formerly Lehtimäki) and Soini in the

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobo ...

region in western Finland. The lake is part of the

Kokemäenjoki The Kokemäenjoki (" Kokemäki River", ) is a river in southwestern Finland. Geography The river originates at Lake Liekovesi in the Pirkanmaa region, and flows to the Gulf of Bothnia at Pori in the Satakunta region. Primary tributaries of the ...

basin and drains through a chain of lakes that includes among others the lakes Toisvesi and

Tarjanne Tarjanne (also Tarjannevesi) is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is situated in the municipalities of Ruovesi, Virrat and Mänttä-Vilppula in the Pirkanmaa region in western Finland. The lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin. The main inflo ...

in the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

region, where the lake Tarjanne in its turn drains into the

Lake Ruovesi Lake Ruovesi is a medium-sized lake in Central Finland. It is situated in the municipalities of Ruovesi and Mänttä-Vilppula in the Pirkanmaa region in western Finland. Besides the municipality, a local newspaper published in that municipality i ...

References

Seppä, Heikki & Matti Tikkanen: Land uplift-driven shift of the outlet of Lake Ähtärinjärvi, western Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, Vol. 78. Helsinki: the Geological Society of Finland, 2006.
Kokemäenjoki basin Lakes of Ähtäri Lakes of Alajärvi {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

See also

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