Pechenga (river)
|
Pechenga Pechenga, Petsamo , Petsjenga , Beahcán , Peäccam |
||
 |
||
| Data | ||
| Water code | RU : 02010000212101000000275 | |
| location | Murmansk Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Pechenga | |
| source | Lake Mometjauri | |
| Source height | 134 m | |
| muzzle | in the Petschengafjord ( Barents Sea ) Coordinates: 69 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ N , 31 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ E 69 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ N , 31 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ E |
|
| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 134 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.3 ‰ | |
| length | 101 km | |
| Catchment area | 1820 km² | |
| Discharge at the Petschenga A Eo gauge : 1680 km² Location: 8.3 km above the mouth |
MQ 1957/1992 Mq 1957/1992 |
23.4 m³ / s 13.9 l / (s km²) |
| Flowing lakes | Pijedsjaur , Kijedgjaur , Ruosseljaur , Kallojaur | |
| Small towns | Pechenga | |
| Navigable | No | |
The Pechenga ( Russian Печенга ; Finnish Petsamo ; Norwegian Petsjenga ; North Sami Beahcán ; Skoltsam. Peäccam ) is a river that runs in the northwest of the Kola Peninsula (in Murmansk Oblast in Russia ).
geography
The river is 101 km long and drains an area of 1820 km². The Pechenga has its origin in Lake Mometjauri . It flows in a northeasterly direction and flows into the Petschenga Fjord at the port of Petschenga , a narrow bay in the Barents Sea west of the fishing peninsula a few kilometers from the Norwegian border. The largest tributaries are Namajoki and Little Pechenga (Малая Печенга). It flows through the lakes Pijedsjaur ( ⊙ ), Kijedgjaur ( ⊙ ), Ruosseljaur ( ⊙ ) and Kallojaur ( ⊙ ). On the bank of the river is the Pechenga monastery . The river is heavily polluted with heavy metals due to the mining of mineral resources in its catchment area.
Hydrometry
The discharge of the Petschenga was recorded over a period of 36 years (1957–1992) at Petschenga, 8 km from the confluence with the Barents Sea. The mean annual discharge was 23.4 m³ / s. The lowest discharge was measured in March with 5.48 m³ / s, while the highest discharge was observed in May with 73 m³ / s. The lowest monthly discharge in the above period occurred in March 1985 with 3.00 m³ / s, the highest monthly discharge with 155 m³ / s in May 1963.
Average monthly discharge of the Petschenga (in m³ / s) at the Petschenga gauge
measured over a period of 36 years
Web links
- Petschenga in the Encyclopedic Dictionary Brockhaus-Efron (russ.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Pechenga at the level Pechenga - hydrographic data for R-ArcticNet (Engl.)
- ↑ a b Petschenga in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)