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Valkjärvi (lake)

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Lake in the country of Finland This article is about a lake in Nurmijärvi, Finland. For a settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, see Valkjärvi.
Valkjärvi
View from the Lähtelä Beach.
Valkjärvi is located in FinlandValkjärviValkjärvi
LocationNurmijärvi, Uusimaa
Coordinates60°24′09″N 24°43′12″E / 60.40250°N 24.72000°E / 60.40250; 24.72000
Primary outflowsLuhtajoki
Basin countriesFinland
Surface area1.5 km (0.58 sq mi)
Max. depth12.2 m (40 ft)
Surface elevation32.8 m (108 ft)
SettlementsKlaukkala

Valkjärvi is a lake located in the Nurmijärvi municipality in Southern Finland. It is an island-free lake in the immediate vicinity of Klaukkala's urban area. The water flows from the lake along the Luhtajoki River all the way to the Vantaa River.

Valkjärvi is the most lushest lake of Nurmijärvi, and it is part of the Nurmijärvi's lake monitoring program of the Central Uusimaa Environment Centre (Keski-Uudenmaan ympäristökeskus) due to its poor oxygen values near the bottom of the lake, which are observed especially in summer and winter under ice. Blue-green algae are quite common in the lake; in July 2015, the phytoplankton in the lake with the highest total biomass consisted of 40% cyanobacteria and 29% cryptomonad.

Despite all this, Valkjärvi has great recreational value and there are quite a lot of both permanent and holiday settlements around the lake. There are two beaches at the southern end of Valkjärvi: Tiiranranta Beach and Lähtelä Beach.

See also

References

  1. "Vesistöennusteet: Vantaanjoen vesistöalue – Luhtaanmäenjoki" (in Finnish). Ympäristö. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Jorma Keskitalo: Kasviplanktonlajisto ja –biomassa Uudenmaan seurantajärvillä 2014 – 2015. (in Finnish)
  3. "Valkjärvi (21.054.1.001)" (in Finnish). Järviwiki. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. Paula Luodeslampi: Nurmijärven järvien veden laatu 2016-2017. (in Finnish)
  5. ^ Valkjärvi Archived 2022-05-27 at the Wayback Machine - Keski-Uudenmaan ympäristökeskus (in Finnish)
  6. Uimarannat ja -paikat Archived 2022-04-19 at the Wayback Machine - Nurmijärvi.fi (in Finnish)

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