Saimaa (/ˈsaɪmɑː/ SY-mah, Finnish: [ˈsɑi̯mɑː]; Swedish: Saimen) is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. With a surface...
8 KB (691 words) - 20:01, 25 November 2024
The Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava; Swedish: Saima kanal; Russian: Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the...
8 KB (691 words) - 09:45, 29 October 2024
The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis, Finnish: saimaannorppa) is a subspecies and glacial relict of ringed seal (Pusa hispida). They are among...
19 KB (2,315 words) - 20:32, 17 December 2024
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...
3 KB (169 words) - 12:41, 24 November 2024
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...
5 KB (646 words) - 08:28, 30 October 2024
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...
3 KB (191 words) - 07:56, 11 October 2024
their large edge formations. At its steepest, the divider plunges into Lake Saimaa in Kyläniemi village of Taipalsaari.[citation needed] The variable terrain...
32 KB (1,275 words) - 13:39, 21 December 2024
1533 Saimaa, provisional designation 1939 BD, is a stony Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter...
14 KB (900 words) - 21:39, 14 January 2024
Etelä-Saimaa is a morning broadsheet daily newspaper published in Finland. Etelä-Saimaa was established in 1885. The paper is published by Sanoma Lehtimedia...
2 KB (111 words) - 13:12, 12 September 2024
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...
18 KB (1,059 words) - 05:38, 30 October 2024
of the size requirements for a water body to be classified as a lake. Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth-largest natural freshwater...
10 KB (591 words) - 18:09, 22 October 2024
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)...
41 KB (3,366 words) - 15:26, 8 December 2024
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...
242 KB (20,596 words) - 10:48, 21 December 2024
running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river...
7 KB (893 words) - 00:22, 24 October 2024
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu) was a university of applied sciences in the region of South Karelia, Finland...
2 KB (111 words) - 15:40, 11 November 2024
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...
26 KB (148 words) - 17:06, 3 December 2024
171T. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01448-4. PMID 31065101. S2CID 256768064. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved...
49 KB (5,024 words) - 08:27, 18 December 2024
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...
38 KB (4,439 words) - 20:56, 20 October 2024
Hurma, Hans and Voima at the Lake Saimaa in the harbour of Imatra, Finland, at a heritage ship meeting in 2009...
113 KB (13,465 words) - 02:04, 12 December 2024
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...
5 KB (564 words) - 08:31, 3 November 2024
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...
2 KB (227 words) - 16:07, 27 October 2024
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...
119 KB (9,909 words) - 00:35, 16 December 2024
industrial heartland along the river Vuoksi, the eastern portion of the Saimaa canal that connected central Finland to the Gulf of Finland, and access...
22 KB (2,297 words) - 07:07, 19 December 2024
various accessories Snowman in Frankfurt, Germany Snowman on a frozen Lake Saimaa in Puumala, South Savonia, Finland A snowman in Allendale, Northumberland...
19 KB (2,023 words) - 03:21, 20 December 2024
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...
2 KB (45 words) - 12:48, 6 November 2024
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...
11 KB (1,379 words) - 08:32, 31 August 2024
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...
1 KB (55 words) - 19:29, 27 July 2024
connected to the sea through the Saimaa-Canals in south of Juva located Lake Luonteri which is part areas of Lake Saimaa. Juva is known to be the place...
6 KB (346 words) - 21:40, 29 October 2024
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...
108 KB (10,762 words) - 06:04, 21 December 2024
Zashchitnaya Bay. The old Saimaa Canal (opened in 1856), as well as the new one, connect Zashchitnaya Bay with Lake Saimaa in Finland. The Russian name...
3 KB (281 words) - 21:52, 8 November 2024