Narva (river)

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Narva
Narva jõgi, Нарва, Narva
The railway bridge over the Narva between Narva and Ivangorod

The railway bridge over the Narva between Narva and Ivangorod

Data
location Estonia ,
Leningrad Oblast ( Russia )
River system Narva
origin Lake Peipus
58 ° 59 ′ 14 ″  N , 27 ° 43 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height 30  m above sea level Baltic Sea
muzzle at Narva-Jõesuu in the Gulf of Finland Coordinates: 59 ° 28 ′ 6 ″  N , 28 ° 2 ′ 36 ″  E 59 ° 28 ′ 6 ″  N , 28 ° 2 ′ 36 ″  E
Mouth height 0  m above sea level Baltic Sea
Height difference 30 m
Bottom slope 0.39 ‰
length 77 km
Catchment area 56,200 km²
Drain MQ
 415 m³ / s
Reservoirs flowed through Narva reservoir
Medium-sized cities Narva
Small towns Ivangorod
Communities Narva-Jõesuu
On the right fortress Ivangorod, on the left Hermannsfeste, separated by the Narva River

On the right fortress Ivangorod, on the left Hermannsfeste, separated by the Narva River

Waterfall between Narva and Ivangorod, postage stamp from 1933

Waterfall between Narva and Ivangorod , postage stamp from 1933

Course of the Narva

Course of the Narva

The Narva ( Estonian Narva jõgi ; Russian Нарва , German Narwa ) forms the approximately 77-kilometer-long runoff from Lake Peipus to the Baltic Sea . It begins at the village of Vasknarva and flows into the Gulf of Finland at the city of Narva-Jõesuu (German: "mouth of the Narva") . The river is navigable and feeds the Narva reservoir , on which a power plant for electricity generation was built in Soviet times.

Since the late Middle Ages , the Narva, together with Lake Peipus, has marked the border between the Russian and Estonian settlement areas in the Baltic States . After Estonia's sovereignty was restored from the Soviet Union , it became the state border between Russia and the Baltic state in 1991 and has been part of the eastern external border of the European Union since May 1, 2004 . The most important border crossing between the two states crosses the river between the Estonian city of Narva and the Russian city of Ivangorod .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://opentopomap.org/#marker=12/58.987278/27.730278
  2. ↑ https://opentopomap.org/#marker=12/59.46828/28.043289
  3. ↑ a b c Article Narva in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D080057~2a%3DNarva~2b%3DNarva
  4. ↑ Narva jõe kanjoni maastikukaitseala. keskkonnaregistri avalik teenus, April 25, 2014, accessed June 29, 2015 (Estonian).