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Uskelanjoki
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thumb|Uskelanjoki at the site of the 1825 landslide that destroyed the church of Uskela. Uskelanjoki is a river of Finland. It flows into the Archipelago Sea through the town of Salo. The course of the river follows a large, NE–SW oriented bedrock fracture line which begins from the river estuary in Halikonlahti bay and goes up through the lower reaches of the river and its tributary Terttilänjoki in north. Other tributaries of Uskelanjoki are Rekijoki and Hitolanjoki in north, Kurajoki in Pertteli and Vähäjoki near Salo. Landslides are common in the area, and for example in 1825 the church of
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Uskelanjoki is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Finland, geographic coordinate system and landslide.
The entry is geolocated on the map in river, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea, Landforms of Southwest Finland and Rivers of Finland.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|Uskelanjoki at the site of the 1825 landslide that destroyed the church of Uskela. Uskelanjoki is a river of Finland. It flows into the Archipelago Sea through the town of Salo. The course of the river follows a large, NE–SW oriented bedrock fracture line which begins from the river estuary in Halikonlahti bay and goes up through the lower reaches of the river and its tributary Terttilänjoki in north. Other tributaries of Uskelanjoki are Rekijoki and Hitolanjoki in north, Kurajoki in Pertteli and Vähäjoki near Salo. Landslides are common in the area, and for example in 1825 the church of Uskela that stood on the edge of the river was destroyed by a landslide that occurred on Christmas Eve.
==See also== List of rivers of Finland
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uskelanjoki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations