Finnish coastal waters

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coastal water body marine ecoregion

Finnish coastal waters comprise the brackish, island-dotted marine areas along Finland’s Baltic Sea shoreline, including extensive archipelagos and ecologically rich coastal zones.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ostrobothnia Sea coast	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal water body ⓘ marine ecoregion ⓘ
averageWinterIceCover	most areas freeze annually ⓘ
characterizedBy	extensive archipelagos ⓘ numerous islands and skerries ⓘ seasonal sea ice cover ⓘ shallow coastal zones ⓘ
climateZone	boreal ⓘ
coastlineType	highly indented ⓘ
countryBorder	Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ EU Water Framework Directive NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Environmental Protection Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Water Act NERFINISHED ⓘ HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Finnish Border Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Environment Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Ministry of the Environment NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHabitat	coastal lagoons ⓘ rocky shores ⓘ shallow bays ⓘ soft sediment bottoms ⓘ underwater meadows ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedArea	Archipelago National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Bothnian Sea National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Ekenäs Archipelago National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Archipelago Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Bothnian Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Bothnian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Bothnia NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Kvarken Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProcess	post-glacial land uplift ⓘ
hasWorldHeritageSite	Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
landUpliftRate	up to about 8 mm per year in the Kvarken area ⓘ
locatedIn	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
majorUse	aquaculture ⓘ boating and sailing ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
monitoredBy	Finnish Meteorological Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ HELCOM NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Baltic Sea Large Marine Ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ
salinityRange	about 2–7 PSU ⓘ
salinityTrend	decreasing from southwest to northeast ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Baltic herring ⓘ eider duck ⓘ grey seal ⓘ perch ⓘ pike ⓘ ringed seal ⓘ salmon ⓘ sea trout ⓘ zander ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ eutrophication ⓘ hazardous substances ⓘ invasive species ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ oil spills ⓘ
waterType	brackish water ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

South Ostrobothnia → borderedBy → Finnish coastal waters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ostrobothnia Sea coast

Archipelago Sea → partOf → Finnish coastal waters ⓘ