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Isojärvi (Satakunta)

Isojärvi
Isojärvi Pomarkku.jpg
Location Pomarkku, Siikainen
Coordinates 61°44′N 21°48′E / 61.733°N 21.800°E / 61.733; 21.800Coordinates: 61°44′N 21°48′E / 61.733°N 21.800°E / 61.733; 21.800
Primary inflows Pomarkunjoki
Primary outflows Merikarvianjoki, Salmusoja
Basin countries Finland
Surface area 38.824 km2 (14.990 sq mi)
Average depth 2.93 m (9 ft 7 in)
Max. depth 10.2 m (33 ft)
Water volume 0.114 km3 (92,000 acre·ft)
Shore length1 199.39 km (123.90 mi)
Surface elevation 34.8 m (114 ft)
Frozen December–April
Islands Iso Rooholma, Honkaluoto, Kiilholma
Settlements Pomarkku, Siikainen
References
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Isojärvi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is situated in the region of Satakunta in Western Finland and in the municipalities of Pomarkku in south and Siikainen in north. The lake is a part of the Karvianjoki basin that drains into the Gulf of Bothnia.

Isojärvi is common lake name in Finland. There are 31 lakes with this name. Satakunta´s isojärvi is the biggest of them.

The lake is a bifurcation lake: the main part of its waters flow into the Merikarvianjoki River that mouths into the Gulf of Bothnia in Merikarvia but part of the waters flow through the Salmusoja River into lake Poosjärvi that drains through the river Poosjoki – Lampinjoki – Pohjajoki into the Gulf of Bothnia in Ahlainen, Pori.



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