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Marked relative and absolute altitudinal differences as well as the quality of soil, make the vegetation of the area particularly distinctive.\r\n\r\nSnow melts from the mountain birch forest zone in early June. The lake usually throws off its coat of ice on about 20th of June. The growing season is one of the shortest in Europe (only some 100 days) and the mean temperature of the year is -2.3\u00baC, one of the lowest in continental Europe.\r\n\r\nThere are many areas containing calcareous dolomite in the Scandinavian mountain ridge which makes the vegetation of the nortwesternmost Finland exceptionally luxuriant. Mountain birch forests reach up to 600 metres.\r\n\r\nThe fauna of the northwesternmost Finland is poor but there are many low-numbered bird species here. The small-mammal population densities fluctuate in 4 or 5-year intervals, which has an impact on the nesting of birds of prey.\r\n\r\nBecause the station is situated in the S\u00e1mi indigenous people reindeer herding area, there are good opportunities for socioeconomic studies. 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