Lake Sääksi (, or just simply ''Sääksi'') is a 260-hectare large

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Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

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. It is located on the border between the municipalities of

Nurmijärvi Nurmijärvi () is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Nurmijärvi is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Nurmijärvi is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, mun ...

and

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; , ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Hyvinkää is situated in the northern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Hyvinkää is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in ...

, on the ridge formation called

Salpausselkä Salpausselkä (; "Bar Ridge") is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland. It is a large terminal moraine formation that formed in front of the Baltic ice lake during the Younger Dryas period about 12,250–10,400 year ...

. The villages of

Röykkä Röykkä () is a village located in the Nurmijärvi municipality of Finland, near the border of Vihti municipality. It is fourth largest village in the municipality after Klaukkala, Rajamäki (village), Rajamäki and Nurmijärvi (village), Nurmij ...

and

Kiljava Kiljava is a village in the municipality of Nurmijärvi and Hyvinkää in southern Finland. It is located between villages of Rajamäki and Röykkä Röykkä () is a village located in the Nurmijärvi municipality of Finland, near the border ...

is located near Lake Sääksi. Lake Sääksi is a

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lake without a drainage ditch, and its water changes through the soil. The lake is very even in depth and the deepest part of the lake is about eight meters deep. The water in the lake is very clean, and the lake has a good oxygen situation.

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, which indicates the buffering capacity of lake water, is very low. Lake Sääksi is one of Finland's largest spring-based lakes. The approximately 800-meter-long Sääksi Beach is popular especially among the residents of Nurmijärvi and Hyvinkää, but it also attracts visitors from other parts of Uusimaa. The lake has been said to have served as a model for fictional Lake Ilvesjärvi in the 1870 novel ''

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'' by

Aleksis Kivi Aleksis Kivi (; born Alexis Stenvall; 10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a Finnish writer who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, '' Seitsemän veljestä'' (''Seven Brothers''), published in 1870. He is also known ...

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Lake Sääksi's location
at Fonecta Hyvinkää Nature of Nurmijärvi Lakes of Finland {{Finland-lake-stub

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