Lake Sääksi
Finnish: Sääksjärvi
A sandy beach of Lake Sääksi
Location of the former lake in Finland.
Location of the former lake in Finland.
Lake Sääksi
LocationUusimaa
Coordinates60°30′30″N 24°40′0″E / 60.50833°N 24.66667°E / 60.50833; 24.66667
Basin countriesFinland
Surface area2.6 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi)
Max. depth8.5 metres (28 ft)
SettlementsNurmijärvi, Hyvinkää

Lake Sääksi (Finnish: Sääksjärvi, or just simply Sääksi) is a 260-hectare large lake in Uusimaa, Finland.[1] It is located on the border between the municipalities of Nurmijärvi and Hyvinkää, on the ridge formation called Salpausselkä.[2] The villages of Röykkä and Kiljava is located near Lake Sääksi.

Lake Sääksi is a groundwater lake without a drainage ditch, and its water changes through the soil. The lake is very even in depth and the deepest part of the lake is about eight meters deep. The water in the lake is very clean,[3][2] and the lake has a good oxygen situation. Alkalinity, which indicates the buffering capacity of lake water, is very low. Lake Sääksi is one of Finland's largest spring-based lakes.[2][4]

The approximately 800-meter-long Sääksi Beach is popular especially among the residents of Nurmijärvi and Hyvinkää, but it also attracts visitors from other parts of Uusimaa.[5][6]

The lake has been said to have served as a model for fictional Lake Ilvesjärvi in the 1870 novel The Seven Brothers by Aleksis Kivi.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sääksjärvi (23.097.1.002)". jarviwiki.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sääksi - Kirkkaasti kauneinta Suomea" (in Finnish). Visit Nurmijärvi. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Kirkkaana kiiltävät vedet". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Suomen suurin lähde löytyy Lapista". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sääksjärvessä uidaan kirkkaassa lähdevedessä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ↑ ""Lähiseudun paras uimaranta" – Sääksjärven uimaranta kerää helteistä nauttijoita kauempaakin". Nurmijärven Uutiset (in Finnish). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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