Saimaa - 测试
  • 1. What is the surface area of Lake Saimaa?
A) Approximately 5,000 square kilometres
B) Approximately 6,000 square kilometres
C) Approximately 3,500 square kilometres
D) Approximately 4,279 square kilometres
  • 2. What is the rank of Lake Saimaa among natural freshwater lakes in Europe by size?
A) Fifth-largest
B) Largest
C) Third-largest
D) Fourth-largest
  • 3. Which river flows from Lake Saimaa to another lake?
A) Vuoksi River
B) Neva River
C) Torne River
D) Kymi River
  • 4. What is the southernmost major basin of Lake Saimaa sometimes called?
A) Yövesi
B) Pihlajavesi
C) Suur-Saimaa or Greater Saimaa
D) Haukivesi
  • 5. Which endangered species is unique to Lake Saimaa?
A) Narwhal
B) Saimaa ringed seal
C) European otter
D) Baltic ringed seal
  • 6. What type of pottery is linked to the asbestos deposits near Lake Saimaa?
A) Terracotta
B) Stoneware
C) Porcelain
D) Asbestos-ceramic
  • 7. Which Russian writer went into exile near the shores of Lake Saimaa in 1905?
A) Maxim Gorky
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Fyodor Dostoevsky
D) Anton Chekhov
  • 8. What is the length of the Saimaa Canal?
A) 60 kilometres
B) 50 kilometres
C) 43 kilometres
D) 70 kilometres
  • 9. Which body of water does the Saimaa Canal connect to the Gulf of Finland?
A) Lake Peipsi
B) Lake Onega
C) Lake Ladoga
D) Lake Saimaa
  • 10. What is one major use of the waterways connected to Lake Saimaa?
A) Ice skating
B) Transporting wood, minerals, metals, and pulp
C) Fishing for salmon
D) Swimming competitions
  • 11. What is the likely origin of the name 'Saimaa'?
A) Russian influence
B) A non-Uralic, non-Indo European substrate language or connected to the Sami word sápmi
C) Finnish mythology
D) Swedish colonization
  • 12. What significant event occurred about 6,000 years ago involving ancient Lake Saimaa?
A) It was abruptly discharged through a new outlet creating thousands of square kilometres of new residual wetlands.
B) It became the largest lake in Europe
C) It dried up completely
D) It merged with another lake to form a larger body
  • 13. Which town is not located on the lakeshore of Lake Saimaa?
A) Savonlinna
B) Lappeenranta
C) Helsinki
D) Imatra
  • 14. How many islands are there in the Saimaa basin according to Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs?
A) 20,000
B) 10,000
C) 14,000
D) 5,000
  • 15. What is the total length of shoreline in the Saimaa basin?
A) 5,000 kilometres
B) 20,000 kilometres
C) Nearly 15,000 kilometres
D) 10,000 kilometres
  • 16. What is one of the endangered species found in Lake Saimaa besides the ringed seal?
A) Common carp
B) Atlantic salmon
C) Brown trout
D) Saimaa salmon
  • 17. What is a popular activity around Lake Saimaa during summer?
A) Visiting summer cabins and taking lake cruises
B) Skiing
C) Snowmobiling
D) Ice fishing
  • 18. How many locks are there in the Saimaa Canal?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Twelve
D) Eight
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