Pedeli
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Pedeli Pedele |
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 The river at the two Estonian-Latvian border towns Valga / Valka |
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| location | Estonia , Latvia | |
| River system | Narva | |
| Drain over | Väike-Emajõgi → Emajõgi → Narva → Baltic Sea | |
| origin | Lake Kadastiku 57 ° 53 ′ 5 ″ N , 25 ° 52 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| Source height | 68 m | |
| muzzle | in the Väike Emajõgi coordinates: 57 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 26 ° 8 ′ 10 ″ E 57 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 26 ° 8 ′ 10 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 35.5 m | |
| Height difference | 32.7 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | 31 km | |
| Catchment area | 229 km² | |
| Medium-sized cities | Valga , Valka | |
| Communities | Paju | |
| Navigable | No | |
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The Pedeli ( Estonian ) or Pedele ( Latvian ) is a 31 km long river in Estonia and Latvia .
The historical German name of the river is Peddel.
15 kilometers (3 upper and 12 km lower reaches) flow in the Valga district on Estonian territory, 16 kilometers on Latvian territory (middle course).
The catchment area covers 229 km².
The Pedeli / Pedele has its source in the lake Kadastiku järv, about five kilometers south of the Estonian village Koorküla in a forest area. It flows into the river Väike Emajõgi (German Little Embach ) ten kilometers from Valga . The Pedeli is the largest left tributary of the Kleiner Embach.
Larger tributaries are the Riisupi oja, Rautina oja and Männiku oja streams .
Web links
- Full description (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 440.