Längelmävesi

Längelmävesi
Location Kokemäenjoki drainage basin
Coordinates 61°34′N 024°25′E / 61.567°N 24.417°E / 61.567; 24.417Coordinates: 61°34′N 024°25′E / 61.567°N 24.417°E / 61.567; 24.417
Basin countries Finland
Surface area 133.04 km2 (51.37 sq mi)
Average depth 6.83 m (22.4 ft)
Max. depth 59.3 m (195 ft)
Water volume 0.909 km3 (737,000 acre·ft)
Shore length1 496.95 km (308.79 mi)
Surface elevation 84.2 m (276 ft)
Frozen December–April
Islands Isosaari, Mäntysaari, Eräsalo, Mäkelänsaari
Settlements Längelmäki, Kangasala, Kuhmalahti, Orivesi, Jämsä, Sahalahti
References [1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Längelmävesi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlæŋŋelmæʋesi]) is a lake in southwestern Finland. The lake is located mostly in the Pirkanmaa region at an elevation of 84.2 metres (276 ft). Längelmävesi is within the municipalities of Jämsä (formerly Längelmäki), Kangasala (formerly Sahalahti), Kuhmalahti, and Orivesi.[1]

Geography

Längelmävesi lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki drainage basin (watershed). It is one of a chain of lakes (Längelmäveden reitti) that includes Längelmävesi, Vesijärvi, Roine, Pälkänevesi, and Mallasvesi lakes. This chain of lakes drains into the Vanajavesi in Valkeakoski.

From the southeast, another chain of lakes (Hauhon reitti), consisting of Lummene, Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä, and Ilmoilanselkä lakes joins into the Vanajavesi.

In Finnish the former chain of lakes is called Längelmäveden reitti and the latter Hauhon reitti as it runs through the former municipality of Hauho.

In culture

In Finnish culture Längelmävesi and Roine lakes are well known — as they are mentioned in the famous poem "En sommardag i Kangasala" (Finnish: Kesäpäivä Kangasalla) by Zachris Topelius and have thus became part of Finnish national landscape imagery.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Järviwiki Web Service. Finnish Environment Institute. Retrieved 2014-02-28. (English)


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