Saimaa (/ˈsaɪmɑː/ SY-mah, Finnish: [ˈsɑi̯mɑː]; Swedish: Saimen) is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. With a surface...
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The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis, Finnish: Saimaannorppa) is a subspecies and glacial relict of ringed seal (Pusa hispida). They are among...
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The Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava; Swedish: Saima kanal; Russian: Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the...
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Finnish Lakeland (redirect from Great Saimaa)
Lake Saimaa, which, with a surface area of more than 4,400 square kilometres, is the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. Lake Saimaa itself...
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in the country. Pihlajavesi is the second-largest basin in the complex Saimaa lake system. Pihlajavesi lacks large open lake areas but has more islands...
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Etelä-Saimaa is a morning broadsheet daily newspaper published in Finland. Etelä-Saimaa was established in 1885. The paper is published by Sanoma Lehtimedia...
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The Saimaa Gesture (Finnish: Saimaa-ilmiö) is a 1981 film by Finnish directors Aki and Mika Kaurismäki. It is a documentary about three Finnish rock groups...
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their large edge formations. At its steepest, the divider plunges into Lake Saimaa in Kyläniemi village of Taipalsaari.[citation needed] The variable terrain...
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1533 Saimaa, provisional designation 1939 BD, is a stony Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter...
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enthusiasts. The endangered Saimaa ringed seal, one of only three lake seal species in the world, exists only in the Saimaa lake system of southeastern...
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Savonlinna (redirect from Capital of Saimaa)
Savonlinna is located in the heart of the Saimaa Lakeland, which is why it is also known as the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikkeli, they are the two...
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urban area in the country. Lappeenranta is located on the shore of Lake Saimaa, 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Russian border and 64 kilometres (40 mi)...
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lakes in Finland larger than five ares (500 square metres / 5,382 sq.ft.). Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth-largest natural freshwater...
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Ры́бинское водохрани́лище (Rybinskoye Reservoir) Russia 4,580 1,770 4 Saimaa Finland 4,377 1,690 Largest lake in Finland; a group of smaller lake basins...
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southeastwards from Lake Saimaa of Finland to Lake Ladoga, dividing the isthmus into two uneven parts. Saimaa Canal opened in 1856 links Lake Saimaa to the Bay of...
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171T. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01448-4. PMID 31065101. S2CID 256768064. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved...
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Hurma, Hans and Voima at the Lake Saimaa in the harbour of Imatra, Finland, at a heritage ship meeting in 2009...
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Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu) was a university of applied sciences in the region of South Karelia, Finland...
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known from the fossil record after the Pliocene other than G. biloba. The Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is an endemic subspecies, a relict...
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Glaciation. It is related to the even smaller population of Saimaa ringed seals in Lake Saimaa, a lake that flows into Ladoga through the Vuoksi River. The...
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Lake Orivesi (redirect from Orivesi (Saimaa))
lake is 601.30 km² (7th largest). Orivesi is one of the major basins of Saimaa. The lake has numerous islands and several open lake areas including Paasselkä...
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should be taken into account in the application of the Schengen rules. The Saimaa Canal and Värska–Ulitina road are two of several distinct travel arrangements...
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industrial heartland along the river Vuoksi, the eastern portion of the Saimaa canal that connected central Finland to the Gulf of Finland, and access...
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running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river...
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from the Baltic ringed seal around the same time. The Saimaa ringed seal lives solely within Saimaa, a large freshwater lake in the regions of South Savo...
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Since the mid-19th century, the bay has been connected by the Saimaa Canal to the lake Saimaa in Finland. In 1790, the bay was the scene of one of the largest...
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Pyhäjärvi (Karelia) (redirect from Pyhäjärvi (Saimaa))
Pyhäjärvi (Russian: Пюхяярви) is a lake located mostly in Finland. The southeastern part of the lake is located in Russia. Niukkala Finnish Environment...
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Tuuliajolla tour on Saimaa, with Juice Leskinen and Eppu Normaali. Material of the tour was included in the Kaurismäki brothers film The Saimaa Gesture. For...
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America and in Northern Europe, for instance in lakes Sebago, Onega, Ladoga, Saimaa, Vänern and Winnipesaukee. They are not a different species from the sea-run...
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