Suolijärvi is a small

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

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 west of the suburb

Hervanta Hervanta is a large suburb, or satellite city, of Tampere in Finland, located next to Hallila some 10 km south of the city centre. Hervanta currently covers an area of 13.8 km² and is continuing to grow. Home to a population of over ...

. It has a small beach where people can sunbathe or swim during the summer. There are also two trails which bound the lake. The name derives from Finnish '' suoli'' (intestine) and ''

järvi Järvi is a Finnish and Estonian surname of Laine type meaning "lake". Notable people with the surname include: * Iiro Järvi (born 1965), Finnish ice hockey player * Jyrki Järvi (born 1966), Finnish sailor, Olympic champion * Kristjan Järv ...

'' (lake). This is probably due to the curved shape of the lake. Suolijärvi is also a village near

Puolanka Puolanka (; , also ) is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The fir-t ...

in the Northern Finland east of

Oulu Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...

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Kokemäenjoki basin Landforms of Pirkanmaa Hervanta Lakes of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub