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Lake Iijärvi (Inari)

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Lake type
  
Natural

Catchment area
  
Näätämö River

Surface elevation
  
193 m

Mean depth
  
8.2 m

Outflow location
  
Näätämö

Primary inflows
  
Vaijoki

Basin countries
  
Finland

Area
  
36.88 km²

Shore length
  
103.1 km

Lake Iijärvi (Inari) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Primary outflows
  
Näätämö River / Neidenelva

Surface area
  
36.881 km (14.240 sq mi)

Lake Iijärvi (Inari) (Northern Sami: Idjajávri, Inari Sami: Ijjävri, Skolt Sami: Iijäu'rr) is a medium-sized lake in Lapland in Finland. It is located in Kaldoaivi Wilderness Area. Näätämö River (Finnish: Näätämöjoki, Norwegian: Neidenelva) flows from it to Neiden Fjord in Norway. Quite near is a similar lake Pautujärvi, although it belongs to a different main catchment area, catchment of Paatsjoki.

Map of Lake Iij%C3%A4rvi, 99930 Inari, Finland

References

Lake Iijärvi (Inari) Wikipedia