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Kernaalanjärvi
Kernaalanjärvi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is situated in the municipality of Janakkala in the Tavastia Proper region. The lake is part of Kokemäenjoki basin and it drains into Lake Vanajavesi through Hiidenjoki River. 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 Kokemäenjoki basin Landforms of Kanta-Häme Lakes of Janakkala {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loppi
Loppi (; , also ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kanta-Häme regions of Finland, region, located about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) south of the city of Hämeenlinna. Loppi was founded in 1632. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. Neighbour municipalities are Hyvinkää, Hämeenlinna, Janakkala, Karkkila, Riihimäki, Tammela, Finland, Tammela and Vihti. The most significant main road connection to get from Loppi to Riihimäki is the Finnish national road 54, national road 54, which runs between Tammela and Hollola, and which is connected to the Finnish national road 3, Highway 3 (European route E12, E12) between Helsinki and Tampere. Another significant road connection in the direction of Helsinki is the Finnish regional road 132, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kokemäenjoki are the Loimijoki, Kauvatsanjoki and Harjunpäänjoki rivers. The Kokemäenjoki river delta is the largest river delta in the Nordic countries and an important wildlife area. In May 2025, millions of young fish were released into the river as part of a major spring stocking effort. This included the release of 14,000 two-year-old Atlantic salmon, 18,000 two-year-old sea trout and more than six million newly hatched migratory whitefish from the Harjavalta hatchery. See also * Kokemäki Castle * Kyrösjärvi * Kulovesi * Längelmävesi * Rautavesi (Sastamala) * Index: Kokemäenjoki basin *List of rivers of Finland This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakkala
Janakkala () is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki. Janakkala is located along Highway 3 ( E12) in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the northern neighbour being Hämeenlinna. It is from Turenki to Hämeenlinna, to Tampere, and to Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In Janakkala the rate of unemployment is 9.7% and the rate of municipal taxes is %. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Notable sites The '' Puuhamaa'' amusement park is in Tervakoski. The Hakoinen fortress is in Janakkala village. Notable people Actress Ida Aalberg was born in 1857 in Leppäkoski village in Janakkala. Heraldry The coat of arms of Janakkala, a head of Eurasian lynx (''Lynx lynx''), the regional animal of Tavastia Proper, describes Janakkala's location in the heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tavastia Proper
Tavastia () or Tavastland may refer to: Regions * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province) Tavastia (; ; ; also called ''Yam'' (Ямь) or ''Yem'' (Емь) in Russian sources) is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Savonia and Uusimaa. History The province has been ..., a historical territory of Tavastians, later province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland * Tavastia Province, a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997 * Tavastia Proper (known as ''Tavastia'' until 1998), a modern region of Finland * Tavastia (constituency), an electoral district of the Parliament of Finland Other * Tavastia Club, a rock music club in Helsinki, Finland * MV ''Tavastland'', a ship See also * Hämeenmaa (other) * Päijänne Tavastia, a modern region of Finland * Tavastians, people from Tavastia * Tavastum {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanajavesi
Vanajavesi is a large lake in southern Finland, in the provinces of Pirkanmaa and Kanta-Häme. It is part of the Kokemäenjoki basin. The lake gathers waters from a wide area in the regions of Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper and parts of the Päijänne Tavastia region.Vanajavesi in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-02. Settlements The biggest city by the lake is in the Tavastia Proper region. Other cities and towns include and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 larger than five ares (500 square metres / 5,382 sq.ft.). There is no standard unambiguous definition of the size requirements for a water body to be classified as a lake. Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth-largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. They are listed here along with some smaller noteworthy lakes. Alphabetical listing A Aapajärvi, Ala-Kintaus, Ala-Kitka B Bodominjärvi E Elämäjärvi, Enäjärvi, Enijärvi, Enonvesi, Evijärvi H Haapajärvi, Hankavesi, Hankavesi – Lonkari, Hankavesi-Välivesi, Hauhonselkä, Haukivesi, Hiidenvesi, Hiirenvesi, Hirvijärvi Reservoir, Hirvijärvi – Kalliovesi, Höytiäinen, Hyrynjärvi I Iijärvi (1), Iijärvi (2), Iijärvi (3), Iijärvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokemäenjoki Basin
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 Kokemäenjoki are the Loimijoki, Kauvatsanjoki and Harjunpäänjoki rivers. The Kokemäenjoki river delta is the largest river delta in the Nordic countries and an important wildlife area. In May 2025, millions of young fish were released into the river as part of a major spring stocking effort. This included the release of 14,000 two-year-old Atlantic salmon, 18,000 two-year-old sea trout and more than six million newly hatched migratory whitefish from the Harjavalta hatchery. See also * Kokemäki Castle * Kyrösjärvi * Kulovesi *Längelmävesi * Rautavesi (Sastamala) * Index: Kokemäenjoki basin *List of rivers of Finland This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Kanta-Häme
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, cliffs, hills, mounds, peninsulas, ridges, rivers, valleys, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
