Pääjärvi is a medium-sized 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 on the border between the city of
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...
in the
Tavastia Proper region and the municipality of
Hollola
Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...
in the
Päijänne Tavastia region.
[Pääjärvi in Järviwiki Web Service]
Finnish Environment Institute. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
The lake drains through the Teuronjoki river into the lake
Mommilanjärvi and from there through the Puujoki River into Lake
Kernaalanjärvi and from there through the Hiidenjoki River into Lake
Vanajavesi and it is thus a part of the
Kokemäenjoki basin that drains the western third of the
Finnish Lakeland
Finnish Lakeland or the Finnish lake district ( , "Lake Finland", ) is a large landscape region in central eastern Finland.
The hilly, forest-covered landscape of Lakeland Finland's lake plateau is dominated by drumlins and by long sinuous es ...
.
See also
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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
Kokemäenjoki basin
Hämeenlinna
Landforms of Kanta-Häme
Lakes of Hollola
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