Nature of Finland
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[edit] Southern Finland
 Myrskylä |
 Heinola |
 Hollola |
 Joutseno |
[edit] South-Western archipelago and Åland
The archipelago in the Southe Western Finland in the regions of Åland and Finland Proper includes 20 000 to 50 000 islands.
 The Archipelago Sea on the map |
 Inner archipelago is very green... |
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 ...while outer archipelago can be barren |
.jpg) Morning mist |
 Raising sheep in Finland is charasteristic of the archipelago |
 Sailing is a popular hobby... |
 ... as is boating... |
 ... but for practical means you will have to use ferries in the summer |
 ... and in the winter when the sea is frozen |
[edit] South-Western Finland
This area consists Finland Proper, Satakunta and South-Western part of Tavastia.
 Ikaalinen, at the border of Satakunta and Tavastia |
 Urjala, Tavastia |
.jpg) Tammela |
[edit] Lake Finland
Central to eastern Finland is known as Järvi-Suomi, Lake Finland. The area has more than 100 000 lakes and is more hilly than Western Finland at the same latitudes. Forests cover an even larger part of the land than on average in Finland.
[edit] Eastern Lake Finland
 At the heart of Lake Finland, in Heinävesi |
 Heinävesi |
 Heinävesi |
 Kermankoski, Heinävesi |
 Sulkava |
 From Saimaa, the largest lake in Finland. |
 Jyväskylä is the largest city in Lake Finland. Here Nature and Human meet. |
 Kuopio, the second largest city in Lake Finland |
 Kuopio |
 Saunas have been built right by the water. There are two million saunas but also 187 888 lakes and 179 584 saunas. |
 Southern parts of Lake Finland |
 Lapinlahti |
 Lapinlahti |
[edit] Western Lake Finland
 Ruovesi |
 Kangasala |
 Kangasala |
 Päijänne, the second largest lake in Finland, is part of the Western Lake Finland in Tavastia. |
[edit] Ostrobothnia
Rivers and flat landscape are charasteristic of Ostrobothnia.
 Lush summer in central Ostrobothnia, Kristinestad |
 Haukipudas |
 Liminka |
 Muhos |
 Muhos |
 Muhos |
 Oulainen |
 Oulunsalo |
 Kiiminki |
 Ylikiiminki |
[edit] Vaara-Finland
 Sotkamo |
 Pudasjärvi |
 Kuusamo |
 Kuusamo |
 Kuusamo |
 Kuusamo |
[edit] Northern Finland
All the tops that go oer 500 metres are in Northern Finland. Northern Finland also has the largest rivers.
 Kemijoki |
 Tornionjoki |
 Karhutunturi, 519 metres |
 Lake Inari |
[edit] Biotopes
[edit] Forests
71 % of the Finnish area is covered by Forest. Finland is in the en:taiga region where spruce and pine dominate.
 Taiga |
Lake Inari |
 Picea abies, Norway Spruce, is one of the three dominant species of trees in Finland |
 Forestry, clear-cut area on the right |
[edit] Bogs
Bogs cover 26 % of the Finnish land area.
 Trees in bogs grow only slowly and remain small |
 Kuusamo |
[edit] Eskers
 Punkaharju in Eastern Finland |
 The road goes at the top of the Esker while on both sides there are lakes |
[edit] Seasons
[edit] Summer
 Närpes, Ostrobothnia |
[edit] Autumn
 Myrskylä |
Lake Inari |
[edit] Winter
 Savonlinna |
 A bridge over Oulujoki |
 Frozen lake, Kristinestad |
 7 March, sunset in Kainuu |
 Noon in December, near Oulu |
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[edit] Spring
 Kyrönjoki, Ostrobothnia |
[edit] See also
- Maisemamaakunnat – the plan goes, albeit very roughly, along these lines
