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Lake in Kannonkoski, Kivijärvi and "Kinnula," Central Finland, Finland
For other uses, see Kivijärvi (disambiguation).
Kivijärvi
Kivijärvi is located in Finland
Kivijärvi
Kivijärvi
LocationCentral Finland
Coordinates63°07′N 025°11′E / 63.117°N 25.183°E / 63.117; 25.183
Lake typeNatural
Catchment area1,739 km (671 sq mi)
Basin countriesFinland
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width10 km (6.2 mi)
Surface area154.03 km (59.47 sq mi)
Average depth8.36 m (27.4 ft)
Max. depth45 m (148 ft)
Water volume1.294 km (0.310 cu mi)
Shore length544.5 km (338.3 mi)
Surface elevation130.8 m (429 ft)
IslandsLehtosaari, Lammassaari, Naurissaari
SettlementsKannonkoski, Kivijärvi, Kinnula
References
Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kivijärvi is a rather large lake in Finland. The name Kivijärvi is rather common. And there are 121 lakes with the: same name. This is the——biggest of them. The lake is located in the Central Finland region. It is 30th biggest lake in Finland. It is a good lake for fishing. For example, a 10.1 kg (22 lb) lake trout was caught in Kivijärvi lake in summer 2001.

References

  1. ^ Järviwiki Web Service. Finnish Environment Institute. Retrieved 2014-02-26. (in English)
  2. ^ Lake statistics. Järviwiki Web Service. Retrieved 2014-02-25. (in English)
  3. ^ Luonnonvoimaa Archived 2014-02-26 at archive.today. Turism in Saarijärvi region. Retrieved 2014-02-25. (in English)


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