Kiwatsch
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 16 '4.8 " N , 33 ° 58' 48" E | |
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| place | Republic of Karelia , Russia | |
| height | 11 m | |
| flow | Suna | |
Kiwatsch ( Russian Кивач ; Karelian Kivačču ; Finnish Kivatsu ) is a waterfall in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, on the Suna River . The drop height is 10.7 m, the water flow averages 66 m³ / s. It is located 54 km north of Petrozavodsk and 13 km northwest of Kondopoga , on the territory of the Kivach nature reserve .
description
The Kiwach waterfall is a cascade and is located about 27 km before the mouth of the Sunas River. Its steps were created by an ancient lava flow. The width of the cascade is about 8 m.
designation
There are three possible origins of the name "Kiwatsch" :
- Kivi (Finnish) - the stone
- Kiivas (Finnish) - impetuous
- Kivas (Karelian language) - the snow mountain
history
The first written mention of the waterfall comes from 1566.
At the beginning of the 18th century, a small wooden chapel was built near the waterfall, which existed until the first half of the 20th century.
The Russian poet, who was also the governor of the Olonez governorate at the time, Gavriil Derschawin , was inspired by a visit to his poem " Водопад " ( waterfall ) at the end of the 18th century . Tsar Alexander II visited the waterfall on June 26th (July 8th) 1858. Prokudin-Gorski , a Russian pioneer of color photography, visited Kiwatsch in 1916.
In the 1920s and 1930s the barrage of a hydropower plant was built on the Suna, which is why the strength of the waterfall has decreased significantly. The waterfall is a well-known tourist object, with approximately 30,000-40,000 visitors per year.
Web links
- Kiwatsch. Album with pictures by Prokudin-Gorski
- Map of the Kiwatsch nature reserve