Lapland, Finland
on the shore of the Bay of Bothnia of the top of Finland is more than 500 kilometres on the shore at the southernmost municipality of Lapland. shore of the Bay of Bothnia.
the Lapland's cold and wintry climate t has become associated with Christmas in some countries coupled with the relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines.. notably the United Kingdom, TO the Lapland Lapland has also become a major tourist destination for the world-class celebrities as well as royalty.
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Geography
on the Finnish side of the border and is the highest point in the region's highest point is on Halti in Finland.. Lapland is known as Forest-Lapland. Lake Inari, the many fens of the region and the Salla-Saariselkä mountains are all part of Forest-Lapland. Fell-Lapland lies in the fells of the Scandinavian Mountains. on top of soil types in Lapland in the Forest are sand in the conifer forests.. IN home of Santa Claus (Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas) since 1927, developed the Santa Claus Village attraction to encourage tourism. It has been suggested the inselberg plains were formed in the Late Cretaceous or Paleogene period by pediplanation or etchplanation.[17] Relative to southern Finland Lapland stands out for its thick till cover. The bedrock of Lapland belongs to the Karelian Domain occupying the bulk of the region, the Kola Domain in the northeast around Lake Inari and the Scandinavian Caledonides in the tip of Lapland's northwestern arm.
Climate
The snow cover is usually thickest in early April. Soon after that the snow cover starts to melt fast. in Kilpisjärvi on 19 April 1997 and it was 190 cm.[27 The annual mean temperature varies from a couple of degrees below zero in the northwest to a couple of degrees above zero in the southwest (Kemi-Tornio area).
History
Lapland was to become a Grand Principality and part of the inheritance of the proposed king of Finland. Lapland Province was separated from Oulu Province in 1938 The Germans used scorched earth tactics in Lapland before they withdrew to Norway. 40 to 47 per cent of the dwellings in Lapland and 417 kilometres (259 mi) of railroads were destroyed, 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) of roadways were mined, destroyed or were unusable, and 675 bridges and 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi) of telephone lines were also destroyed. Large hydroelectric plants and mines were established and cities, roads and bridges were rebuilt after the destruction of the war. In the late 20th century the economy of Lapland started to decline, mines and factories became unprofitable and the population started to decline rapidly across most of the region.
