Editing Gulf of Finland (section)

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:Malusi hülged 02.jpg|thumb|[[Malusi islands]] in Estonia are one of the main habitats of [[grey seal]]s in the Gulf of Finland.]]
The climate in the area is [[humid continental climate]], characterized by temperate to hot summers and cold, occasionally severe winters with regular precipitation. The vegetation is dominated by a mixture of [[coniferous]] and [[deciduous]] forests and treeless coastal meadows and cliffs. The major forest trees are [[pine]], [[Picea abies|spruce]], [[birch]], [[willows]], [[rowan]], [[aspen]], [[Alnus glutinosa|common]] and [[Alnus incana|gray alder]]. In the far eastern part of the gulf vegetation of the marshy areas consists mainly of [[Typha|bulrush]] and [[Phragmites communis|reeds]], as well as fully aquatic plants, such as [[Nymphaea alba|white]] and [[Nuphar lutea|yellow]] waterlilies and [[Carex acuta|acute sedge]]. Aquatic plants in the shallow waters of the gulf include ''[[Ruppia]]'' and [[Najas marina|spiny naiad]].<ref name="Finsky bay of the Baltic Sea-Priroda">[http://www.fingulf.ru/nature/ Gulf of Finland – Nature]. Fingulf.ru. Retrieved on 2011-08-14.</ref>

Fish species of the gulf include [[Atlantic salmon]], [[viviparous eelpout]], [[goby|gobies]], [[Leucaspius delineatus|belica]], [[Misgurnus|loach]], [[European chub]], [[common minnow]], [[Blicca bjoerkna|silver bream]], [[common dace]], [[ruffe]], [[Crucian carp]], [[stickleback]], [[European smelt]], [[common rudd]], [[brown trout]], [[tench]], [[pipefish]], [[burbot]], [[European perch|perch]], [[Gobio gobio|gudgeon]], [[Cyclopterus lumpus|lumpsucker]], [[Rutilus|roach]], [[lamprey]], [[Coregonus albula|vendace]], [[garfish]], [[Coregonus lavaretus|common whitefish]], [[common bream]], [[zander]], [[Ide (fish)|orfe]], [[northern pike]], [[spined loach]], [[European sprat|sprat]], [[Baltic herring]], [[Pelecus cultratus|sabre carp]], [[common bleak]], [[European eel]] and [[Atlantic cod]]. Commercial fishing is carried out in spring and autumn. [[Grey seal]] and [[ringed seal]] are met in the gulf, but the latter is very rare.<ref name="Finsky bay of the Baltic Sea-Priroda" />