Lake Sysmä () is a medium-sized lake in the
Vuoksi
The Vuoksi (, historically: "Uzerva"; ; ; ) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in three branches, ...
main catchment area, in the
Northern Karelia
North Karelia (or ''Northern Karelia'', ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, North Savo, Southern Savonia, South Savo and South Karelia, as well as Russia's Republic of Kare ...
region of eastern
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 municipality of
Ilomantsi
Ilomantsi (, ) is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The easternmost point of Finland ...
.
[Sysmä in Järviwiki Web Service]
Finnish Environment Institute
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (, ) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilities in Helsinki, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Joensuu
Joensu ...
. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
The largest islands are Lammassaari, Korpisaari, Veitsisaari and Kokkosaari.
Sysmä
Sysmä () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is situated in the Päijät-Häme regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Ne ...
is also the name of a municipality in the
Päijänne Tavastia region,
Sysmä-lakes in Järviwiki Web Service
Retrieved 2014-03-09. and Sysmä is also a lake in Joroinen
Joroinen is a municipality in the North Savo region of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland Province, Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia sub-region. The municipality has a population of approximately 4,626 peop ...
.
See also
*List of lakes in Finland
Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lakes ...
References
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Lakes of Ilomantsi