Daycare

Daycare
The daycare centers in the center of the municipality of Sodankylä
Data
Water code	FI : 65.8
location	Lapland ( Finland )
River system	Kemijoki
Drain over	Kemijoki  → Baltic Sea
source	on the border of the municipalities of Inari and Sodankylä
muzzle	at Pelkosenniemi in the Kemijoki coordinates: 67 ° 8 ′ 4 ″  N , 27 ° 29 ′ 32 ″  E 67 ° 8 ′ 4 ″  N , 27 ° 29 ′ 32 ″  E
length	278 km
Catchment area	7570 km²
Left tributaries	Tankajoki , Luiro
Right tributaries	Sattanen , Jeesiöjoki
Reservoirs flowed through	Porttipahta Reservoir
Communities	Sodankylä

The Kitinen is a river in the Finnish part of Lapland . It is one of the most important tributaries of the Kemijoki and is the sixth longest river in Finland with a length of 278 kilometers . It rises in the area of ​​the watershed on the border of the municipalities of Inari and Sodankylä and flows south through the municipality of Sodankylä. The community center of Sodankylä is located at the mouth of the Jeesiöjoki tributary in the Kitinen. Around seven kilometers north of Pelkosenniemi , the Luiro flows into the Kitinen from the left. About three kilometers north of Pelkosenniemi, the Kitinen itself flows into the Kemijoki, Finland's longest river.

Hydropower plants

There are seven hydropower plants at Kitinen . In order to regulate the amount of water, the upper reaches of the river to the Porttipahta reservoir was dammed in 1970 , which is 214 km² in size at a maximum water level.

List of hydropower plants downstream:

Surname	completion position	Power in MW	local community	operator
Porttipahta	1970	35	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Kurittukoski		15th	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Vajukoski		21st	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Matarakoski		11	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Kelukoski		9.8	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Kurkiaska		27	Sodankylä	Kemijoki Oy
Kokkosniva		25th	Pelkosenniemi	Kemijoki Oy

Web links

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