Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi

Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi
Location Hämeenkyrö
Coordinates 61°35′00″N 23°14′30″E / 61.58333°N 23.24167°E / 61.58333; 23.24167
Primary inflows Pappilanjoki river, lake Kyrösjärvi
Primary outflows Siuronkoski rapids to lake Kulovesi
Catchment area Kokemäenjoki
Basin countries Finland
Max. width about 20 km
Surface area 19.544 km2 (7.546 sq mi)
Average depth 4.81 m (15.8 ft)
Max. depth 25.58 m (83.9 ft)
Water volume 0.0941 km3 (76,300 acre·ft)
Shore length1 84.56 km (52.54 mi)
Surface elevation 60.6 m (199 ft)
Frozen December–April
References [1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is located in Pirkanmaa region in the Finnish Lakeland and in the Hämeenkyrö municipality. The lake is quite narrow and about 20 km long. There are four sub-lakes in the lake. The northeast part is called Kirkkojärvi, and southward is the Laitilansalmi strait, Kallioistenselkä open water, the Kallioistenahdas strait, the Mahnalanselkä open water and a narrow sublake called Jokisjärvi.[1]

In Finland there are 17 lakes called Kirkkojärvi. This is the biggest of them.[2]

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