| 词条 | Salpausselkä |
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It runs from Hanko hundreds of kilometers to the east. It traps the extensive river and lake systems of Central Finland known as Finnish Lakeland ({{Lang-fi|Järvi-Suomi}}, "Lake Finland") and forces the water to flow through few breaches in the ridge.[1] The Vuoksi River flows from lake Saimaa into Lake Ladoga ({{Lang-fi|Laatokka}}) in Russia. From there the water subsequently flows through river Neva into the Gulf of Finland, bypassing the Salpausselkä. The Kymi River flows from Päijänne into the Gulf of Finland. An artificial breach from the Lakeland is the Saimaa Canal, from Saimaa at Lappeenranta into the Gulf of Finland at Vyborg. Salpausselkä has been used for transportation because of the easy terrain for centuries; later on both railways and highways have been built to follow it. It is also an important source of clean groundwater filtering from the lakes on the upper side (north) of the ridge, for the communities built alongside the ridge. The south side of the Salpausselkä has been inhabited for more than 10,000 years. There are also formations called Second and Third Salpausselkä, which are similar in form but smaller. They are situated north of the main Salpausselkä, and were formed later respectively. See also
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite book|title=Natural Wonders of the World|publisher=Reader's Digest Association, Inc|year=1980|isbn=0-89577-087-3|editor-last=Scheffel|editor-first=Richard L.|location=United States of America|pages=332-333|quote=|editor-last2=Wernet|editor-first2=Susan J.|via=}} {{Coord missing|Finland}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Salpausselka}} 4 : Geology of Finland|Landforms of Finland|Ridges of Europe|Moraines of Europe |
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