The land of thousand lakes

Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes, yet there are actually more than 180,000 thousand lakes in Finland.

This picture shows water being poured from a clear glass pitcher to a drinking glass. The text on the picture says: The land of a thousand lakes. Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes, yet there are actually more than 180,000 lakes in Finland. More than 10% of Finland’s total area is covered by water.