Lake Kyyjärvi

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The Kyyjärvi ( " Kreuzottersee " ) is a lake in the municipality of the same name Kyyjärvi in Central Finland.

It covers an area of ​​approximately 16.34 km ² in the area of the ridge - ridge at an altitude of 150 m above sea level, making it one of the highest lakes in Finland (excluding Lapland ). The elongated lake has an area of ​​around 10 km from the northwest to the southeast, at its widest point it is about 3 km wide. From the Tervaniemi peninsula it is divided into a northern and southern basin a. In winter the lake freezes completely, so that an ice road between the Kirchdorf Kyyjärvi is set up on the south shore of the lake and the village Pölkki. The ice of the Südbeckens generally starts to thaw in early April.

The reeded and partly wooded banks of the lake provide habitat for numerous bird species such as the rare Whooper Swan.

• Lake in Europe
• Lake in Finland
• Kymi river system
• Central Finland