() is a lake in southwestern Finland. The lake is located mostly in the Pirkanmaa region at an elevation of . Längelmävesi is within the municipalities of Jämsä (formerly Längelmäki), Kangasala (formerly Sahalahti), Kuhmalahti, and Orivesi.Järviwiki Web Service. Finnish Environment Institute. Retrieved 2014-02-28.

Geography Längelmävesi lake is part of the Kokemäenjoki drainage basin (watershed). It is one of a chain of lakes () that includes Längelmävesi, Vesijärvi, Roine, Pälkänevesi, and Mallasvesi lakes. This chain of lakes drains into the Vanajavesi in Valkeakoski.

From the southeast, another chain of lakes (), consisting of Lummene, Kuohijärvi, Kukkia, Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä, and Ilmoilanselkä lakes joins into the Vanajavesi.

In Finnish, the former chain of lakes is called and the latter as it runs through the former municipality of Hauho.

In culture In Finnish culture, Längelmävesi and Roine lakes are well known — as they are mentioned in the famous poem "En sommardag i Kangasala" () by Zachris Topelius and have thus became part of Finnish national landscape imagery.

See also List of lakes in Finland

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