Hello,
Finland is known as the 'Land of the thousand lakes'. In fact, in
total there are about 187,888 lakes in Finland, this covers around 10%
of its surface area.
To find out the answer to your question of why there are so many lakes
in Finland, we have to go back over 10,000 years to the end of the ice
age. During the ice age Finland was buried under a sheet of ice and
when that ice started to melt, the masses of melting ice formed
crevasses, which filled with water and became thousands of lakes. You
can find out in more detail about how the lakes were formed on the
Uralic Family Homepage:
http://www.geocities.com/ojoronen/EARLYFIN.HTM
Other links that you may find helpful:
About Finland, includes facts about Finland's climate, lakes and
population:
http://www.lilli.clara.net/finland.htm
The Finnish Environmental Administration's page on lakes in Finland,
includes pictures and diagrams:
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/environ/state/waterre/lakes/lakes.htm
Lakes in Finland, includes information and a picture:
http://www.suutl.edu.hel.fi/hollanti/tasks/lakesfinland.html
Google search terms:
Finland AND lakes
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Finland+AND+lakes
Finland AND "ice age"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Finland+AND+%22ice+age%22
I hope that this has answered your question.
Kind regards,
Karenuk-ga |
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