Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi

Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi is a medium-sized lake in Finland. It is located in Pirkanmaa region in the Finnish Lakeland and in the Hämeenkyrö municipality. The lake is quite narrow and about 20 km long. There are four sub-lakes in the lake. The northeast part is called Kirkkojärvi, and southward is the Laitilansalmi strait, Kallioistenselkä open water, the Kallioistenahdas strait, the Mahnalanselkä open water and a narrow sublake called Jokisjärvi.^[1]

Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi
Mahnalanselkä – Kirkkojärvi
Location	Hämeenkyrö
Coordinates	61°35′00″N 23°14′30″E
Primary inflows	Pappilanjoki river, lake Kyrösjärvi
Primary outflows	Siuronkoski rapids to lake Kulovesi
Catchment area	Kokemäenjoki
Basin countries	Finland
Max. width	about 20 km (12 mi)
Surface area	19.544 km2 (7.546 sq mi)
Average depth	4.81 m (15.8 ft)
Max. depth	25.58 m (83.9 ft)
Water volume	0.0941 km3 (76,300 acre⋅ft)
Shore length1	84.56 km (52.54 mi)
Surface elevation	60.6 m (199 ft)
Frozen	December–April
References	[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

In Finland there are 17 lakes called Kirkkojärvi. This is the biggest of them.^[2]

See also

• List of lakes in Finland