Keret (river)

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Keret
Кереть, Kieretti
Data
Water code RU :  02020000712102000001615
location Louchi Raion in the Republic of Karelia ( Russia )
River system Keret
origin Lake Keret
66 ° 1 ′ 17 ″  N , 32 ° 47 ′ 16 ″  E
Source height 88  m
muzzle to Kandalaksha Bay Coordinates: 66 ° 16 '54 "  N , 33 ° 35' 0"  E 66 ° 16 '54 "  N , 33 ° 35' 0"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 88 m
Bottom slope 1.1 ‰
length 80 km
Catchment area 3360 km²
Discharge at the level of the railway bridge
A Eo : 2560 km²
Location: 38 km above the mouth 		MQ 1931/1988
Mq 1931/1988
 		23 m³ / s
9 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Louksa

The Keret ( Russian Кереть ; karel. Kieretti ) is a river in Louchi district in the north of the Republic of Karelia in northwestern Russia .

The river forms the outflow of the lake of the same name Keret . It flows north first, then turns east. It flows through a number of smaller lakes. It passes the M18 trunk road and the railway line from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk . Finally, it flows into the Kandalaksha Bay and the White Sea near the deserted town of Keret, opposite the island of Keret .

The length of the Keret is 80 km. The catchment area covers 3360 km². At the railway bridge over the Keret the mean discharge is 23 m³ / s.

At river kilometer 8.8 the Louksa flows into the Keret from the right.

In the river there are u. a. the following fish species: Atlantic salmon , perch , pike , whitefish , rutilus , rainbow trout , pink salmon , trout , smelt .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Keret in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  2. ↑ a b Keret at the railway bridge level - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET