Pielinen
Pielinen is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of 12,823 km2 equally distributed between eastern Finland and Russia. The creation of the lake and its outlet is attributed to a post-glacial isostatic rebound, which resulted in uplift of the land.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in North Karelia, Finland
- Also known as: “Ozero Pielis’yarvi”, “Pielis”, “Pielis älv”, “Pielis’yarvi”, “Pielisjervi”, “Pielisjoki”, “Pielisjrvi”, “Пиелисъярви”, “ピエリネン”, and “皮利能湖”
Pielinen
- Categories: lake or pond and body of water
- Location: North Karelia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.2553° or 63° 15′ 19″ north
Longitude
29.72061° or 29° 43′ 14″ east
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Open location code
9GMF7P4C+46
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Volapük—“Pielinen” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Возера Піелінен”
- Belarusian: “Піелінен”
- Belarusian: “Піелінэн”
- Bulgarian: “Пиелинен”
- Catalan: “Pielinen”
- Cebuano: “Pielinen”
- Chinese: “皮耶利宁湖”
- Chinese: “皮耶利寧湖”
- Chuvash: “Пиелинен”
- Czech: “Pielinen”
- Danish: “Pielinen”
- Dutch: “Pielinen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره پيلينين”
- Esperanto: “Pielinen”
- Finnish: “Pielinen”
- French: “lac Pielinen”
- French: “Lac Pielinen”
- Georgian: “პიელინენი”
- German: “Pielinen”
- Inupiaq: “Pielinen”
- Irish: “Pielinen”
- Italian: “Näsijärvi”
- Italian: “Pielinen”
- Japanese: “ピエリネン湖”
- Kotava: “Pielinen uzda”
- Latvian: “Pielinens”
- Lithuanian: “Pielinenas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pielisjärvi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pielisjärvi”
- Norwegian: “Pielisjärvi”
- Polish: “Pielinen”
- Russian: “Пиелинен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pielinen”
- Slovak: “Pielinen”
- Spanish: “Lago Pielinen”
- Swedish: “Pielisjärvi”
- Turkish: “Pielinen Gölü”
- Venetian: “Pielinen”
- Volapük: “Pielinen”
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