Kyyvesi
Sign in to saveKyyvesi (transl. Viper Water) is a rather large lake in the Southern Savonia region of Finland. It has a surface area of 129,95 km², is very shallow and extremely rocky. Motorboating on Kyyvesi is recommended only for very experienced boaters as many of the rocks have not been mapped. Also, the limited amount of landing sites is a hindrance in moving swiftly through the lake. A general bathymetric chart was completed in 2006. Canoes, kayaks and rowing boats are recommended for visitors. There is a two-lake canoeing route Kyyvesi–Puula with nice little harbours. The water is dark for the c
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- Lake.name
- Kyyvesi
- Lake.image
- Kyyvesi.jpg
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Finland
- Lake.location
- Mikkeli
- Lake.type
- Lake
- Lake.catchment
- Kymijoki
- Lake.basin_countries
- Finland
- Lake.frozen
- December–April
- Lake.islands
- Emäsalo, Honkasalo, Porosaari, Riuttasaari
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kangasniemi
- Area
- 129.948
- Elevation
- 100.6
- Image
- Kyyvesi.jpg
- Perimeter
- 857.261
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- Lake Kyyvesi
- basin country
- Finland
- volume as quantity
- 570000000
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Kyyvesi (transl. Viper Water) is a rather large lake in the Southern Savonia region of Finland. It has a surface area of 129,95 km², is very shallow and extremely rocky. Motorboating on Kyyvesi is recommended only for very experienced boaters as many of the rocks have not been mapped. Also, the limited amount of landing sites is a hindrance in moving swiftly through the lake. A general bathymetric chart was completed in 2006. Canoes, kayaks and rowing boats are recommended for visitors. There is a two-lake canoeing route Kyyvesi–Puula with nice little harbours. The water is dark for the catchment area is mostly swampy terrain. Locals claim that two sorts of zander fishes live in the lake.
==See also== List of lakes in Finland
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyyvesi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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