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Kermajärvi

Lake in the country of Finland


Summary

Lake in the country of Finland

FieldValue
nameKermajärvi
imageLake Kermajärvi from Pääskyvuori.jpg
captionAs seen from Pääskyvuori 100 metres above the lake level
pushpin_mapFinland
locationHeinävesi, Southern Savonia
coords
inflowKarvio Rapids, from Varisvesi (Kallavesi)
outflowKerma Rapids, to Enonvesi
catchmentVuoksi
basin_countriesFinland
length29 km
area85.57 km2
depth10.12 m
max-depth56.07 m
volume0.866 km3
shore452.55 km
elevation80.1 m
frozenDecember–April
islandsHentulansaari, Kurjenvarvas, Puumalansaari
citiesHeinävesi
reference

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Kermajärvi (literally Finn. kerma for cream, järvi for lake, Sámi. kierma for rare and threatened Finnish Forest Reindeer fawn, and/or old Eastern Finnish word kiermi for type of fishing net drying stand) is a medium-sized lake in the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the region of Southern Savonia in Heinävesi. It is the country's 53rd largest lake with an area of 85.57 km2 and consists of a wide open lake with plenty of islands in both northwest and southeast parts of it and several long, narrow bays in both ends.

The lake gets its water from Varisvesi of Kallavesi by Karvio Rapids and flows through Kerma and Vihovuonne Rapids to Ruokovesi which flows through Pilppa Rapids to Haukivesi of Saimaa. Kermajärvi is the main lake of Heinävesi Route, one of the two routes which Lake Kallavesi flows through to Saimaa (the other being Leppävirta Route). All the four rapids can be evaded with canals built around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries named after the adjacent rapids. Farthest extension of the lake from northwest to southeast is some 29 km. The northwest–southeast form shows the orientation of the moving Glacier in the latest Ice Age.

Heinävesi parish village is located on the southern shore of the lake.

A big part of the lake is protected in Natura 2000 conservation program (code FI0500011).

References

References

  1. en
  2. [http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/sites/FI0500011 Site factsheet of Kermajärvi protection area. EUNIS]. Retrieved 2014-03-09. {{in lang. en
  3. [http://www.ymparisto.fi/fi-FI/Luonto/Suojelualueet/Natura_2000_alueet/Kermajarvi%286559%29 Kermajärvi protection area] Retrieved 2014-03-09. {{in lang. fi
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