Kyrönjoki

The Kyrönjoki in the spring at Ilmajoki

The Kyrönjoki [ kyrœnjɔki ] (Swedish Kyro älv ) is a river in western Finland. The largest river in the countryside Southern Ostrobothnia has a length of 169 km and a catchment area of ​​4923 km ².

The Kyrönjoki has three tributaries: the Seinäjoki, Jalasjoki and Kauhajoki. As a starting point of Kyrönjoki applies the confluence of Jalasjoki and Kauhajoki in Kurikka. From there it flows over Ilmajoki to Seinäjoki, where it connects to the same river, and on about Ylistaro, Isokyrö and Vähäkyrö by Korsholm. There, about 20 km north of the city of Vaasa, opens the Kyrönjoki in the Vassorfjärden, a bay of the Gulf of Bothnia.

As is typical for Southern Ostrobothnia, the banks of Kyrönjoki be used intensively for agriculture. The river is lined with one to four kilometers wide flat arable strips. The population is concentrated in the form of series of villages on the banks of the Kyrönjoki. Together with the surrounding farming plains of Kyrönjoki is one of the 27 landscapes in Finland.