Destination guide — Finland

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FINLAND IS A NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY, COVERING AN AREA
OF APPROXIMATELY 340,000 SQ KM. A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS
SITUATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE FINLAND INTO THREE MAINLAND
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND SOME SMALLER ISLAND GROUPS. THIS
IS A LOWLAND COUNTRY EXCEPT FOR A MOUNTAINOUS AREA IN THE
EXTREME NORTH WEST. HALTIATUNTURI IS THE HIGHEST PEAK AT
ALMOST 1321M.

THE LOWEST AREAS OF FINLAND ARE FOUND NEARER TO THE
COAST, WITH ELEVATIONS OF LESS THAN 137M. FURTHER INLAND
THE REMAINING REGIONS SLOPE DOWNWARDS FROM THE FELLS IN
THE NORTHERN AREA TO THE LARGE LAKE AREAS IN THE SOUTH.

IN FINLAND THERE ARE AT LEAST 50,000 LAKES, MOST OF
WHICH ARE QUITE SMALL. THE LARGEST IS CALLED SAIMAA AND
IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH EAST. A LOT OF THE RIVERS ARE
CONNECTED TO THESE LAKES, WITH ONE OF THESE MAJOR RIVERS
BEING THE VUOSKI. THE PAATSJOKI RIVER DRAINS THE NORTHERN
AREAS OF FINLAND INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN WITH THE COUNTRY'S
LONGEST RIVER THE KEMIJOKI FLOWING WEST TO THE BOTHNIA
GULF.
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