Lake Saimaa

E117262
freshwater lake lake

Lake Saimaa is Finland’s largest lake, a vast labyrinthine freshwater system in the southeast known for its intricate shoreline, islands, and the endangered Saimaa ringed seal.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lake Saimaa canonical 15
Saimaa lake system 6
Saimaa 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 12 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Finland ⓘ
climateType cold continental climate ⓘ
connectedBy Saimaa Canal ⓘ
connectedTo Gulf of Finland ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
drainsInto Lake Ladoga ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 76 metres ⓘ
formedBy glacial processes ⓘ
freezingPeriod typically freezes in winter ⓘ
hasActivity ice fishing in winter ⓘ
lake cruising ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies Saimaa ringed seal ⓘ
Saimaa salmon ⓘ
hasIsland Pihlajavesi archipelago ⓘ
Punkaharju area ⓘ
isFourthLargestNaturalFreshwaterLakeIn Europe ⓘ
isLargestLakeIn Finland ⓘ
knownFor Saimaa ringed seal population ⓘ
inland waterway network ⓘ
labyrinthine shoreline ⓘ
large number of islands ⓘ
locatedIn North Karelia ⓘ
Northern Savonia ⓘ
surface form: North Savonia

South Karelia ⓘ
southeastern Finland ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Finland

Southern Savonia ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 85 metres ⓘ
nearCity Imatra ⓘ
Joensuu ⓘ
Lappeenranta ⓘ
Mikkeli ⓘ
Savonlinna ⓘ
numberOfIslands over 13,000 ⓘ
outflow Vuoksi River ⓘ
partOf Vuoksi river basin ⓘ
surface form: Vuoksi drainage basin
protectedAreaStatus Natura 2000 network ⓘ
surface form: Natura 2000 site (parts)
shorelineLength over 14,000 kilometres ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 1,700 square miles ⓘ
approximately 4,400 square kilometres ⓘ
tourismRegion Lake Saimaa region ⓘ
surface form: Saimaa region
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lappeenranta → locatedOn → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Lappeenranta → hasLake → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa
Vuoksi River → source → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Finnish Lakeland → containsLake → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Finnish Lakeland → containsWaterSystem → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
Saimaa Canal → connects → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Saimaa Canal → hasEndpoint → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Imatra → locatedNear → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Taipalsaari → locatedOn → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Taipalsaari → hasShorelineOn → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Taipalsaari → hasWaterBody → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Ruokolahti → locatedBy → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Ruokolahti → hasWaterBody → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
South Karelia → containsPartOf → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
South Karelia → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa Lake system
eastern Finland → hasTourismAttraction → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Finland
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
Vuoksi river basin → contains → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
Vuoksi river basin → contains → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Vuoksi river basin → drainageBasinOf → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Vuoksi–Neva water system → hasLake → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
Vuoksi–Neva water system → hydrologicalConnection → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
Vuoksi–Neva water system → hasComponent → Lake Saimaa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saimaa lake system
Saimaa ringed seal → endemicTo → Lake Saimaa ⓘ