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fiogf49gjkf0d 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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