芬兰是世界上湖泊最多的国家，它自称的名字“索密”就是湖泊、沼泽的意思。芬兰国土总面积33.8万平方公里，海岸线长1100公里，共有岛屿约17.9万个，湖泊约18.8万个，所以有“千湖之国”的美称。Finland has the largest number of lakes in the world. Finns refer to their country as 'Suomi', meaning lake and swamp in English. Finland covers an area of 338,000 square kilometers with a coastline of 1,100 kilometers. It has about 179, 000 islands and 188,000 lakes. Hence, it is dubbed as 'the Country of a Thousand Lakes'.拓展阅读
