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Vaajanvirta

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Vaajanvirta, also spelled as Vaajavirta, is a 3.9-kilometre (2.4 mi) long river in the Vaajakoski area of Jyväskylä, Finland. It begins from the lake Leppävesi and discharges into Lake Päijänne. The river's basin has a surface area of 17,668 square kilometres (6, 822 sq mi), which includes many major Central Finnish lakes, such as Lake Keitele. The river is part of the Keitele Canal's route, which connects the lakes Päijänne and Keitele. The Finnish national road 4 and the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway also cross the river.

Flows through: Finland.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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