Vesijärvi

Vesijärvi is a lake of 111 square kilometres near in southern Finland. It suffered severe effects of eutrophication in the 1960s and a restoration programme began in the 1970s; by the start of the 2020s, the lake's water quality and ecosystem had significantly improved.
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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 88 metres (289 feet)
  • Description: lake in Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland
  • Also known as
    “Vesijärvi (Lahti)”
    “Vesijärvi (Päijänne Tavastia)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vääksy and Vesivehmaa.
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is a village and seat of the municipality of in southern . is situated 8 km north of Vesijärvi.
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is a village, which is situated 9 km east of Vesijärvi.

Vesijärvi

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Latitude
61.10853° or 61° 6′ 31″ north
Longitude
25.50675° or 25° 30′ 24″ east
Open location code
9GH74G54+CP
Geo­Names ID
631868
Wiki­data ID
Q1784076

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Vesijärvi” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vesijärvi”
  • Arabic: “Vesijärvi”
  • Belarusian: “Vesijärvi”
  • Belarusian: “Весіярві”
  • Cebuano: “Vesijärvi”
  • Chinese: “Vesijärvi”
  • Chinese: “韋西湖”
  • Chinese: “韦西湖”
  • Chuvash: “Vesijärvi”
  • Chuvash: “Весиярви”
  • Czech: “Vesijärvi”
  • Dutch: “Vesijärvi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “Vesijärvi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ڤيسيچارڤى”
  • Esperanto: “Vesijärvi”
  • Finnish: “Hollolan vesijärvi”
  • Finnish: “Lahden Vesijärvi”
  • Finnish: “Vesijärvi (Lahti)”
  • Finnish: “Vesijärvi (Päijät-Häme)”
  • Finnish: “Vesijärvi”
  • French: “Vesijärvi”
  • German: “Vesijärvi (Lahti)”
  • German: “Vesijärvi (Päijät-Häme)”
  • German: “Vesijärvi”
  • Hebrew: “Vesijärvi”
  • Interlingue: “Vesijärvi”
  • Irish: “Vesijärvi”
  • Japanese: “Vesijärvi”
  • Japanese: “ヴェシ湖”
  • Latvian: “Vesijärvi”
  • Latvian: “Vesijervi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vesijärvi”
  • Russian: “Vesijärvi”
  • Russian: “Веси-йерви”
  • Russian: “Веси-Ярви”
  • Russian: “Весиярви”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vesijärvi”
  • Slovak: “Vesijärvi”
  • Spanish: “Lago Vesijärvi”
  • Spanish: “Lahden Vesijärvi”
  • Spanish: “Vesijarvi”
  • Spanish: “Vesijärvi”
  • Swedish: “Vesijärvi (Lahti)”
  • Swedish: “Vesijärvi (Päijänne-Tavastland)”
  • Swedish: “Vesijärvi”
  • Turkish: “Vesijärvi”
  • Twi: “Vesijärvi”
  • Ukrainian: “Vesijärvi”

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