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Lake Paatari
Lake Paatari is a lake in the Lapland region, Finland. It drains through the Juutuanjoki river into Lake Inari Lake Inari (, , , , , ) is the largest lake in Sápmi and the third-largest lake in Finland. It is located in the northern part of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. The lake is above sea level, and is regulated at the Kaitakoski power plan .... Its main inflows are the rivers Lemmenjoki and Vaskojoki. Paatsjoki basin Lakes of Inari, Finland {{Finland-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapland (Finland)
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The topography of Lapland varies from vast mires and forests in the south to fells in the north. The Arctic Circle crosses Lapland, so polar phenomena such as the midnight sun and polar night can be viewed in this region. Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with its relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces, means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. However, the Lapland region has developed its infrastructure for year-round tourism. For example, in 2019, tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemmenjoki
The Lemmenjoki (, ) is a river in the northern part of the Finnish province of Lapland. Some long, it flows from Nautajänkä, via Lake Paatari, terminating in Lake Inari. The name of the river comes from the Sami word "Leammijohka", meaning "warm river" or "the river of love". Due to an erroneous folk etymology, the form ''Lemmenjoki'' is often associated with the Finnish word ''lempi'' (genitive form ''lemmen''), meaning "love". The Lemmenjoki National Park Lemmenjoki National Park (, , ) is situated in area of municipalities of Inari and Kittilä, Lapland, in Northern Finland. It was founded in 1956 and has since been expanded twice. Its total area is , making it the biggest national park of Finl ... derives its name from the river. References Rivers of Finland Paatsjoki basin Landforms of Lapland (Finland) Rivers of Inari, Finland {{Lapland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaskojoki
Vaskojoki is a river of Finland. It is located in Lemmenjoki National Park in Finnish Lapland. Its length is and it flows into Lake Paatari, which in turn flows through the river Juutuanjoki into Lake Inari, part of the Paatsjoki River basin that flows into the Barents Sea. See also *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 is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. Water flows from Finland directly to the B ... Rivers of Finland Rivers of Inari, Finland Paatsjoki basin {{Finland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juutuanjoki
Juutuanjoki is a river of Finland that flows from Lake Paatari in the municipality of Inari in Finnish Lapland into Lake Inari, which in turn flows into the Paatsjoki River towards Russia and into the Barents Sea. See also * 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 is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. Water flows from Finland directly to the B ... External links * Rivers of Finland Paatsjoki basin Rivers of Inari, Finland {{Finland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inari, Finland
Inari (; ; ; ; Norwegian language, Norwegian and ) is Finland's largest Municipalities of Finland, municipality by area (but one of the most sparsely populated), with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are tourism, service industry, and cold climate testing. With the Siida (museum), Siida museum in the Inari (village), village of Inari, it is a center of Sámi peoples, Sámi culture, widely known as the "capital of Sámi culture". The Ivalo Airport, airport in Ivalo and the country's key north-south European route E75, European Route E75 (Finnish national road 4, Finland's National Road 4) bring summer and winter vacationers seeking resorts with access to a well-preserved, uncrowded natural environment. History The municipality was established in 1876. It was claimed from about 1942 to 1945 by the Quisling regime#Territorial claims, Quisling regime during the Nazi occupation of Norway. Geography Inari is the List of Finnish ... [...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] |
Lake Inari
Lake Inari (, , , , , ) is the largest lake in Sápmi and the third-largest lake in Finland. It is located in the northern part of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. The lake is above sea level, and is regulated at the Kaitakoski power plant in Russia. The freezing period normally extends from November to early June. The best-known islands of the lake are Hautuumaasaari ("Graveyard Island"), which served as a cemetery for ancient Sámi people, and Ukonkivi ("Ukko's Stone"), a sacrificial place of the ancient inhabitants of the area. There are over 3,000 islands in total. Trout, lake salmon, Arctic char, white fish, grayling, perch and pike are found in Lake Inari. The lake covers . It empties northwards through the Paatsjoki at the mouth of the Varangerfjord, which is a bay of the Barents Sea. The lake depression is a graben bounded by faults active in the Cenozoic The Cenozoic Era ( ; ) is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paatsjoki Basin
The Paatsjoki River (, , , , , , ''Paz or Patsoyoki'') is a river that flows through Finland, Norway, and Russia. Since 1826, the river has marked parts of the Norway–Russia border, except from 1920 to 1944 when it was along the Finland–Norway border. The river is the outlet from the large Lake Inari in Finland and flows through Norway and Russia to discharge into the Bøkfjorden (which later flows into the Varangerfjorden and then the Barents Sea), not far from the town of Kirkenes. The river has a watershed of , and is long. A series of hydroelectric stations, known as the Paatsjoki River Hydroelectric Plants, are along the river. Five of those sevenhttps://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/2023/12/03/samarbeid-med-russland-lagt-pa-is-et-tap/. Dagsavisen.no. Retrieved 2023-12-04 power stations, are Russian. The river provides good fishing opportunities for Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
