Nizhneye Kuito

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Nizhneye Kuito
Нижнее Куйто , Ala-Kuittijärvi
Location of the Nizhneje Kuito in the catchment area of ​​the Kem
Location of the Nizhneje Kuito in the catchment area of ​​the Kem
Location: Republic of Karelia (Russia)
Tributaries: Outflow from the Sredneje Kuito
Drain: Kem
Nizhneye Kuito (Republic of Karelia)
Nizhneye Kuito
Coordinates 64 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 64 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1956
Height above the river bed : 33 m
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 100  m
Water surface 141 km²
Reservoir length 30.4 km
Reservoir width 7.5 km
Catchment area 10 300  km²

Nizhneje Kuito ( Russian Ни́жнее Ку́йто "Lower Kuito", Finnish Ala-Kuittijärvi ) is a lake in the Republic of Karelia in northwestern Russia . The lake is the lowest and most easterly in the Kuito three-part system . The outflow of the lake has been regulated since 1956. The Kem River drains the lake eastward to the White Sea .

The Nizhneje Kuito has an area of ​​141 km². Its length is 30.4 km, its maximum width 7.5 km. The maximum depth is 33 m, the average depth 9.4 m. The catchment area is 10,300 km².

Individual evidence

  1. Article Kuito in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D067152~2a%3DKuito~2b%3DKuito
  2. lesder.ru - Kuito (Russian)
  3. Kem at the Jurjachmja gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET