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Site description (2000 baseline):

A 1-km-wide, quiet, lake-like section of the Tornio river, near its mouth.

One of the most important staging areas for Cygnus cygnus in Finland. The area is less important as a breeding ground, with only a small number of birds breeding on some herb-rich, bushy islands on the river.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karunginjärvi lake (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karunginjärvi-lake-iba-finland on 23/11/2024.