Baltic Sea

The mediterranean sea in north-eastern Europe, connected to North Sea through Danish straits. Baltic Sea is surrounded by the following countries: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
The water is usually cold and not very salty in comparison to other seas. Unfortunately it is not very clean, too :-(

Islands

The Baltic sea doesn't contain any very large islands. The most notable ones that should be mentioned are:

• Gotland and Öland (part of Sweden)
• Bornholm (Denmark)
• Åland (Finland)
• Saaremaa and Hiiumaa (Estonia)

Rivers

Rivers and other bodies of water that drain into the Baltic are:

Sweden, Russia, Finland, and the Baltic States:

• Svartån (at Svarte near Ystad),
• Tommarpaån
• Helgeån
• Hemån (at Karlskrona),
• Ljungbyån
• Göta Kanal
• Motala ström
• Stockholm ström (at Stockholm),
• Dalälven (at Gävle)
• Indalsälven
• Ångermanälven
• Ume älv
• Skellefte älv
• Lule älv
• Kalix älv
• Torne älv
• Kemijoki
• Oulujoki
• Kokemäenjoki
• Kymijoki
• Neva (at St. Petersburg),
• Pirita(at Tallinn),
• Daugava (at Riga),
• Neman
• Pregolya (at Kaliningrad)

Poland:

• Pasleka
• Nogat (between Gdansk and Elblag)
• Vistula (between Gdansk and Elblag)
• Radunia
• Reda
• Leba (at Lebsko Lake)
• Slupia (at Ustka)
• Wieprza
• Parseta (at Kolobrzeg)
• Rega
• Odra(at Szczecin)

Germany:

• Ücker (at Ückermünde)
• Peene
• Recknitz
• Warnow (at Rostock)
• Trave (at Lübeck and Travemünde)
• Schlei (near Schleswig and Kappeln)

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source: BOING @ http://jolly.fimr.fi/index.html