Kivijärv (Rahtla)

Kivijärv (also or ) is a lake in Estonia. It is located in the village of Rahtla in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County. It is a public lake.

Physical description The lake has an area of . It is long, and its shoreline measures . The lake is part of an area traditionally known as the "land of nine lakes" (); Kivijärv is the fourth in the series of lakes counting inland from the sea.

Names The name () is a common designation for lakes in Estonia (compare also the similar Finnish hydronym Kivijärvi). The variant name disinguishes the lake from other Estonian lakes named Kivijärv. The alternate name 'Tiny Lake Kaanda' shows a triple semantic contrast with Lake Kooru (, alternately known as Big Lake Kaanda, ), Lake Kaanda (), and Little Lake Kaanda (). The name Kaanda for these four lakes is also shared by the Kaanda River (), which drains Lake Kooru through an artificial channel dug in 1938, and Kaanda Beach (), where the chain of lakes finally drains into the sea. The various geographical features are named after the Kaanda farm, which is located in neighboring Merise.

See also List of lakes of Estonia

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