Kiiminkijoki

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Kiiminkijoki
Kiiminginjoki
Koitelinkoski in the upper reaches

Koitelinkoski in the upper reaches

Data
Water code FI : 60
location Kainuu , Northern Ostrobothnia ( Finland )
River system Kiiminkijoki
origin See Kivarinjärvi
64 ° 53 '27 "  N , 27 ° 34' 12"  O
Source height 137.5  m
muzzle at Haukipudas in the Gulf of Bothnia coordinates: 65 ° 12 ′ 7 ″  N , 25 ° 17 ′ 3 ″  E 65 ° 12 ′ 7 ″  N , 25 ° 17 ′ 3 ″  E
Mouth height m
Height difference 137.5 m
Bottom slope 0.81 ‰
length 170 km
Catchment area 3,813.6 km²
Drain MQ
43 m³ / s
Left tributaries Vepsanjoki
Right tributaries Tilanjoki , Kivijoki , Nuorittajoki , Jolosjoki
Small towns Kiiminki
Communities Ylikiiminki

The river Kiiminkijoki (also Kiiminginjoki ) flows through the northern Finnish landscape of northern Ostrobothnia in an east-west direction . In the upper reaches it leads through a lonely landscape, in the second half the settlement increases. As a typical Scandinavian river, the Kiiminkijoki is a series of lake-like extensions and flowing stretches in between. The largest tributary is the Nuorittajoki . Larger places along the river are Ylikiiminki and Kiiminki .

Web links

Commons : Kiiminkijoki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. JÄRVIWIKI - Kivarinjärvi (60.051.1.006)
  2. a b Finnish Ministry of the Environment - Kiiminkijoki  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ymparisto.fi  
  3. Finnish Ministry of the Environment - Suomen päävesistöalueet -taulukko ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ymparisto.fi