Average depth 6.03 m (19.8 ft) Surface elevation 87 m Mean depth 6.03 m | Max. depth 39 m (128 ft) Area 40 km² Shore length 171.4 km | |
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Surface area 39.477 km (15.242 sq mi) Water volume 0.238 km (193,000 acre·ft) | ||
Vesijärvi is a lake in Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region and there mostly in the municipality of Kangasala and for a lesser part in the municipality of Orivesi.
Map of Vesij%C3%A4rvi, Finland
The lake is part of Kokemäenjoki basin and a chain of lakes that consists of Längelmävesi, Vesijärvi, Roine, Pälkänevesi and Mallasvesi. This chain of lakes drains into Vanajavesi in Valkeakoski, and from southeast another chain of lakes, consisting of the lakes Lummene, Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä and Ilmoilanselkä joins into it. In Finnish the former chain of lakes is called Längelmäveden reitti and the latter Hauhon reitti as it runs through the former municipality of Hauho.
References
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