Long-term changes in lake and river systems in Finland

Finland possesses 72 waterway systems of over 200 square kilometres in size. The five largest of them account for the majority of the country’s surface area. Furthermore, there are almost 188,000 lakes of more than five ares in size. Altogether 9.9 percent of the surface area consists of water. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matti Tikkanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2002-01-01
Series:Fennia: International Journal of Geography
Online Access:https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3762