Oulu
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a city in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
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a river in central Finland, flowing NE to the Gulf of Bothnia. About 65 miles (105 km) long.
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Example Sentences
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Oulu sits at the edge of the Bothnian Gulf, where ground and sea wear the same coat of snow.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
"The dynamic atmospheric carbon transport model was specifically developed for describing geographical differences in the distribution of radiocarbon in the atmosphere," says Postdoctoral Researcher Kseniia Golubenko from the University of Oulu.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
Oulu University Hospital in Finland plans to use the technology as well, and a bus will travel around Oman this year to perform breast cancer screenings using A.I.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023
Olli Loukola, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Oulu in Finland, who led the ball-rolling study in 2017 and was not involved in the new work, also wonders about the behavior’s ultimate function.
From Scientific American • Oct. 27, 2022
From Kajana to Uleåborg one travels down the splendid Oulu river and across the Oulujärvi lake, joining the river again on the other side of Waala.
From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
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