Luossajärvi
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Luossajärvi is a small lake in Kiruna in northern Sweden beside Luossavaara. The mining company LKAB has gradually emptied the southern part of the lake in 2007–8 to allow mining of iron ore in the peat bog. These drained areas today consist of mostly marshes.
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- Luossajärvi
- Lake.image
- Kiruna from Luossajärvi 1.jpg
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- View of lake
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- Luossajärvi
- Lake.location
- Kiruna
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- Sweden Norrbotten # Sweden
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- Sweden
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 1.99558578779000010000
- Elevation
- 498
- Image
- Kiruna from Luossajärvi 1.jpg
- Perimeter
- 7.66
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Luossajärvi is a small lake in Kiruna in northern Sweden beside Luossavaara. The mining company LKAB has gradually emptied the southern part of the lake in 2007–8 to allow mining of iron ore in the peat bog. These drained areas today consist of mostly marshes.
==Environmental problems== The remaining portion of the lake has a chemical composition which shows the influence of mining activities. The lake has high concentrations of sulphate and nitrite. The high sulfate concentrations indicate extensive weathering processes of mainly carbonate and sulphurous materials.
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