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Ristiinan Keskusta on Rakennettu Saimaan Yöveden Niemelle LÖYDÄ SAIMAAN KÄTKETYT AARTEET! DISCOVER THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF LAKE SAIMAA! Saimaa Geopark kertoo Saimaan vesistölabyrintin Saimaa Geopark tells the story of Lake Saimaa’s tarinan sen alkujuurilta miljoonien vuosien takaa extensive labyrinthine watercourse from its aina tähän hetkeen asti. Saimaa Geoparkin kohteet beginnings millions of years ago to the present tuovat tämän ainutlaatuisen tarinan näkyväksi day. Saimaa Geopark’s sites make this unique story nykypäivän retkeilijöille. visible to today’s hikers. Muinaismeren muistoja rantakallioissa Remnants of an ancient sea left on the shore cliffs Saimaan ikivanha kallioperusta sai alkunsa muinaismeren pohjalla noin 1900 miljoonaa vuotta sitten. The primeval rock foundations of the Saimaa region were born at the bottom of an ancient sea Kallioperä muovautui aikojen kuluessa; muinaismeri väistyi, nykyisen Saimaan kohdalle kohosi korkea approximately 1,900 million years ago. The bedrock was formed over time; the ancient sea withdrew vuoristo, kivimassat kiteytyivät sen uumenissa gneisseiksi ja graniiteiksi, ja vähitellen vuosimiljoonien and a high mountain range rose in the Saimaa area. Deep in the foundations of the mountains, magma aikana vuoristo kului pois. Graniittiperheen nuorimmaisena kiteytyi rapakivi, joka tunnetaan suomalaisella crystallised to form gneisses and granites, and gradually the mountains eroded away. The youngest nimellään maailmanlaajuisesti. Nykyisin vuoriston pohja rikkonaisuusvyöhykkeineen näkyy Saimaan of the granite family is rapakivi, which is known globally by its Finnish name. Nowadays the roots of selkiä rajaavina ja rikkovina kalliosaarina ja -jyrkänteinä. the mountains with their fragmented zones are visible in rocky islands and cliffs, which border and dot the Saimaa lakeland scenery. ^ Juva ^ Sulkava ^ Mikkeli ^ Puumala Ruokolahti ^ ^ ^ Savitaipale Imatra ^ Taipalsaari Saimaa Geoparkin kivilajit / Lappeenranta Rock types in the Saimaa Geopark ^ 0 20 km (ikä mrd. vuotta / Ga) Kuva / photo: Arto Hämäläinen Kiillegneissiä / Mica gneiss (1.90-1.88) Astuvansalmen kallioseinämässä on esihistoriallisia Prehistoric rock paintings on the granite vein Vulkaanisia kivilajeja / Volcanic rocks (1.90-1.88) kalliomaalauksia kiillegneissiä leikkaavassa intersecting the mica gneiss rock wall can be found graniittijuonessa (geokohde 37). Kuvat on in Astuvansalmi (geosite 37). The pictures were Karbonaattikiviä / Carbonate rocks (1.90-1.88) Pohjakartat: © Maanmittauslaitos (Basemaps: © National Land Survey of Finland) maalattu joko veneestä tai muinaisen Saimaan either painted from a boat or on the ice of ancient Granodioriittia, kvartsidioriittia ja gabroa / jäältä käyttäen vereen, rasvaan tms. sekoitettua Saimaa using red ochre mixed with blood or fat. Granodiorite, quartzdiorite, gabbro (1.89-1.87) Rikkonaisuusvyöhykkeiden tulkinta / Interpretation of fragmented zones punamultaa. Jouni Lerssi, GTK Graniittia / Granite (1.84-1.81) Tulkinta perustuu pääosin prosessoituun Maanmittauslaitoksen (MML) laserkeilausaineistoon. / Rapakivigraniittia / Rapakivi granite (1.65-1.62) Interpretation is based primarily on processed laser scanning material from the National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos). Kallioperän rikkonaisuusvyöhykkeitä / Fragmented zones in the bedrock Mannerjäätikön muokkaama maisema Landscape shaped by a continental ice sheet Saimaan maisema muokkautui nykyiselleen viimeisimmän The Saimaa region was shaped into its current form during the last ice jääkauden aikana. Jäätikön jälkiä ovat mm. mahtavat Salpausselkien age. It left behind massive ice-marginal formations, the Salpausselkä reunamuodostumat, jotka näkyvät avaruuteen saakka. Ne ridges, which are visible even from space. They were formed when kerrostuivat sorasta ja hiekasta sulavan mannerjäätikön reunan gravel and sand was deposited at the edge of the melting continental eteen. Kohtisuoraan Salpausselkiä muodostuivat harjuselänteet, ice cheet. The Salpausselkäs are crossed by long and discontinuous jotka kulkevat luoteesta kaakkoon pitkinä, katkonaisina nauhoina chains of steep esker ridges, which link the northern and southern läpi Geopark alueen. parts of the Saimaa Geopark. Harjut ja Juva Suursaimaan ylin ranta ja reunamuodostumat lasku-uomat (punaiset nuolet) Sulkava Selkäyslampi Suursaimaa’s highest shoreline and Eskers and ice- 9 500-6 300 outlet channels (red arrows) v. sitten / yrs. ago marginal formations Mikkeli PPuumalauumala Muinais-Päijänne Ancient Päijänne RRuokolahtiuokolahti SSavitaipaleavitaipale Imatra Taaipalsaariipalsaari SsII LappeenrantaLappeenranta Matkuslampi SsI 6 900-5 700 v. sitten / yrs. ago 0 10 20 km Hiekka- ja sorakerrostumat Sand and gravel deposits Karttaan punaisella rajatut harjuselänteet linjaavat sulavan Esker chains marked on the map with red lines indicate the Vuoksi jäätikön alla virranneiden sulamisvesien pääreitit. Kohtisuorassa main routes of meltwaters beneath the melting ice sheet. 5 700 niihin nähden ovat Salpausselkien reunamuodostumat (mustien Perpendicular to those are The Salpausselkä ice-marginal nuolien osoittamat SsI ja SsII), jotka koostuvat jäätikköjokien formations (SsI and SsII shown with black arrows) which consist Kärenlampi kerrostamista deltoista ja jäätikön reunaan kerrostuneista of glaciofluvial deltas and end moraines deposited on the ice 6 300-5 700 moreeniselänteistä. margin. v. sitten / yrs. ago Laajimmillaan Suursaimaa -vaiheessa At its greatest stage during the Greater Saimaa ulottui Ensimmäiseltä Saimaa era, Saimaa extended from the Salpausselältä aina Pohjois-Savoon asti. First Salpausselkä to Northern Savo. Kuusamon Mannerjäätikön virtauskieleke virtaussuunnat ja jään Kuusamo ice lobe Vuoksi muuttaa Saimaan kehityksen suunnan reuna-asemat Saimaa Geopark alueen vapautuminen mannerjäätikön alta kesti noin tuhat vuotta. Alue oli osana Itämeren muinaisia järvi- ja merivaiheita Flow directions and Pohjois-Karjalan virtauskieleke ennen kuroutumistaan itsenäisiksi järvialtaiksi. Noin 11 000 vuotta marginal stages of the North Karelian ice lobe vuotta sitten years ago sitten vedenpinta oli eteläisellä Saimaalla paljon alempana kuin nykyisin, continental ice sheet mutta epätasainen maankohoaminen ja siitä aiheutunut maankuoren kallistuminen kaakkoon sekä ensimmäisen lasku-uoman pohjoinen sijainti vaikuttivat siihen, että rannoille alkoi tulvia vettä. Saimaa oli laajimmillaan Suursaimaa-vaiheessa. Vuoksen puhkeaminen 5 700 vuotta sitten muutti Saimaan kehityksen suunnan. Vedenpinta laski muutamia metrejä ja Vuoksi alkoi säädellä Saimaan ja koko Itä-Suomen järvimaiseman kehitystä. Nykypäivän retkeilijälle Saimaan monivaiheinen historia erottuu maastosta Jään reunaIce margin eri korkeustasoilla olevina muinaisrantoina. Näsijärven-Jyväskylän virtauskieleke Näsijärvi-Jyväskylä The River Vuoksi changes the direction of ice lobe Saimaa’s development Järvi-Suomen The Saimaa Geopark region was freed from underneath the continental vuotta sitten years ago virtauskieleke Finnish Lake ice sheet over a period of approximately one thousand years. The area Jään reuna District ice lobe was part of the Baltic Sea’s ancient sea and lake phases, before isolation Ice margin vuotta sitten and its development into an independent lake system. Around 11,000 years ago years ago the water level in southern Saimaa was much lower than it is Itämeren virtauskieleke vuotta sitten today, but due to uneven land uplift and tilting, the water level began Baltic Sea ice lobe Jään reuna years ago Ice margin to rise and shores were flooded. This Saimaa stage is called the Greater Jään reuna Saimaa era. The birth of the River Vuoksi 5,700 years ago changed the Ice margin 100 km direction of Saimaa’s development. The water level dropped a few meters and Vuoksi started to regulate the development of Lake Saimaa and the Jääkauden lopulla sulavan mannerjäätikön reuna jakaantui At the end of the ice age, the edge of the melting ice sheet virtauskielekkeiksi. Salpausselkä I kerrostui Järvi-Suomen separated into ice lobes. Salpausselkä I deposited on the margin entire Eastern Finland lake landscape. Hikers of today can distinguish virtauskielekkeen reunaan 12 300-12 100 vuotta sitten ja of the Finnish Lake District ice lobe 12,300-12,100 years ago and Saimaa’s multi-stage history in the terrain in the shapes of the raised Salpausselkä II 11 800-11 600 vuotta sitten. Salpausselkä II 11,800-11,600 years ago. beaches at different altitudes. Saimaalla on eletty tuhansia vuosia Thousands of years of habitation around Lake Saimaa Jääkauden perintönä Saimaaseen jäi eristyksiin mm. saimaannorppa ja Saimaan järvilohi, jotka As legacy of the isolation brought about by the ice age, Lake Saimaa still has rare endemic species, ovat nykyisin määritelty uhanalaisiksi. Ihmiset viihtyivät Saimaalla jo kivikaudella asuttaen such as the Saimaa ringed seal and landlocked salmon. The Saimaa region and its sandy shores Saimaan muinaisia hiekkarantoja. Useasta paikasta Saimaalta on löydetty kalliomaalauksia, viestejä attracted human settlements already in the Stone-Age, as a reminder of which impressive rock esihistoriallisen ajan asukkailta meille nykyihmisille. paintings can still be found on cliffs and rocks. GEOKOHTEET / GEOSITES: IMATRA •29 Ruuhonsaaret • 1 Imatrankoski, •30 Sarviniemi Kruununpuisto •31 Päihäniemi • 2 Lammassaari JUVA • 3 Vuoksenniska •32 Enkelinpesä •33 Karihiekka LAPPEENRANTA •34 Juvan keskusta • 4 Karhusaari / Juva centre • 5 Myllylampi •35 Raintsaari • 6 Muukonsaari •36 Sarkaslampi • 7 Lappeenrannan linnoitus ja satama MIKKELI / Lappeenranta •37 Astuvansalmi
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