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Encyclopedia > List of lakes in Finland

There are 187,888 lakes in Finland. This is a list of 10 largest lakes in Finland, and their area.

  1. Saimaa (1377,05 km²)
  2. Lake Päijänne (1080,63 km²)
  3. Inari (1040,28 km²)
  4. Pielinen (894,21 km²)
  5. Oulujärvi (887,09 km²)
  6. Pihlajavesi (712,59 km²)
  7. Orivesi (601,30 km²)
  8. Haukivesi (562,31 km²)
  9. Keitele (493,59 km²)
  10. Kallavesi (472,76 km²)

A Picture of a canal in Saimaa Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland. ... Lake Päijänne is the third biggest lake in Finland (1038 km2 water area). ... Lake Inari (Finnish: Inarijärvi, Northern Sami: Anárjávri, Swedish: Enare träsk) is the second largest lake in Finland, and the sixth largest lake in Europe. ... The Pielinen is the fourth-largest lake of Finland. ... Oulujärvi (pronounced ōlō-yÇŽrvÄ“) is a the fifth largest lake in Finland, at 88,709 km². It is located in the north-central region of the country and is drained by the Oulu River, which flows northwestward from the lake to the Gulf of Bothnia. ...

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  • Finnish lakes larger than 40 square kilometers

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Finland - MSN Encarta (900 words)
Finland is one of Europe’s most northerly countries, with about one-third of its area lying north of the Arctic Circle.
Finland is landlocked to the north, where it borders Norway, and to the east, where it borders Russia.
Finland’s interior is heavily forested, and its surface is a tangle of lakes, rivers, swamps, and bogs.
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