Vantaa (river)

The Vantaa (Finnish: Vantaanjoki, Swedish: Vanda å) is a 101-kilometre (63 mi) long river in Southern Finland. The river starts from the lake Erkylänjärvi in Hausjärvi and flows into the Gulf of Finland at Vanhankaupunginselkä in Helsinki. One of the tributaries of the Vantaa river is Keravanjoki that flows through the town of Kerava north of Helsinki.

Vantaa
The Vantaa in June 2008
Location
CountryFinland
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Erkylänjärvi
  locationHausjärvi
MouthGulf of Finland
  location
Vanhankaupunginselkä, Helsinki
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