Nature of Finland

English: Nature of Finland

Suomi: Suomen luonto

Southern Finland

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  Myrskylä
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  Heinola
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  Hollola
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  Joutseno

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.

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  The Archipelago Sea on the map
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  Inner archipelago is very green...
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  x 2
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  ...while outer archipelago can be barren
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  Morning mist
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  Raising sheep in Finland is charasteristic of the archipelago
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  Sailing is a popular hobby...
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  ... as is boating...
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  ... but for practical means you will have to use ferries in the summer
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  ... and in the winter when the sea is frozen

South-Western Finland

This area consists Finland Proper, Satakunta and South-Western part of Tavastia.

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  Ikaalinen, at the border of Satakunta and Tavastia
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  Urjala, Tavastia
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  Tammela

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.

Eastern Lake Finland

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  At the heart of Lake Finland, in Heinävesi
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  Heinävesi
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  Heinävesi
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  Kermankoski, Heinävesi
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  Sulkava
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  From Saimaa, the largest lake in Finland.
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  Jyväskylä is the largest city in Lake Finland. Here Nature and Human meet.
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  Kuopio, the second largest city in Lake Finland
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  Kuopio
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  Saunas have been built right by the water. There are two million saunas but also 187 888 lakes and 179 584 saunas.
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  Southern parts of Lake Finland
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  Lapinlahti
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  Lapinlahti

Western Lake Finland

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  Ruovesi
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  Kangasala
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  Kangasala
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  Päijänne, the second largest lake in Finland, is part of the Western Lake Finland in Tavastia.

Ostrobothnia

Rivers and flat landscape are charasteristic of Ostrobothnia.

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  Lush summer in central Ostrobothnia, Kristinestad
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  Haukipudas
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  Liminka
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  Muhos
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  Muhos
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  Muhos
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  Oulainen
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  Oulunsalo
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  Kiiminki
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  Ylikiiminki

Vaara-Finland

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  Sotkamo
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  Pudasjärvi
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  Kuusamo
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  Kuusamo
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  Kuusamo
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  Kuusamo

Northern Finland

All the tops that go oer 500 metres are in Northern Finland. Northern Finland also has the largest rivers.

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  Kemijoki
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  Tornionjoki
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  Karhutunturi, 519 metres

Biotopes

Forests

71 % of the Finnish area is covered by Forest. Finland is in the en:taiga region where spruce and pine dominate.

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  Taiga
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  Picea abies, Norway Spruce, is one of the three dominant species of trees in Finland
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  Forestry, clear-cut area on the right

Bogs

Bogs cover 26 % of the Finnish land area.

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  Trees in bogs grow only slowly and remain small
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  Kuusamo

Eskers

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  Punkaharju in Eastern Finland
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  The road goes at the top of the Esker while on both sides there are lakes

Seasons

Summer

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  Närpes, Ostrobothnia

Autumn

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  Myrskylä

Winter

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  Savonlinna
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  A bridge over Oulujoki
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  Frozen lake, Kristinestad
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  7 March, sunset in Kainuu
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  Noon in December, near Oulu
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Spring

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  Kyrönjoki, Ostrobothnia

See also

• Maisemamaakunnat archive copy at the Wayback Machine – the plan goes, albeit very roughly, along these lines