Lake Saarijärvi (Saarijärvi)

Lake Saarijärvi
Coordinates 62°42′N 25°13′E / 62.700°N 25.217°E / 62.700; 25.217Coordinates: 62°42′N 25°13′E / 62.700°N 25.217°E / 62.700; 25.217
Lake type Natural
Catchment area Kymijoki
Basin countries Finland
Surface area 14.147 km2 (5.462 sq mi)
Average depth 4.99 m (16.4 ft)
Max. depth 24.7 m (81 ft)
Water volume 0.0706 km3 (0.0169 cu mi)
Shore length1 53.99 km (33.55 mi)
Surface elevation 117.4 m (385 ft)
Frozen December-April
Islands Elosaari
Settlements Saarijärvi
References [1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Saarijärvi is a medium-sized lake in Central Finland. Saarijärvi in a very common name of a lake in Finnish. There are 198 lakes with this name in Finland.[2] The biggest of them is located in Saarijärvi municipality.[1] The municipality is located between two lakes, Saarijärvi and Pyhäjärvi.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Saarijärvi in the Jarviwiki Web Service. Retrieved 2014-03-01. (English)
  2. The name Saarijärvi. Jarviwiki. Retrieved 2014-03-01. (English)


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