Tohmajoki

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Tohmajoki
Tochmajoki , Тохмайоки, Тохма, Tochma
Rapids in Tohmajoki near Ruskeala

Rapids in Tohmajoki near Ruskeala

Data
Water code FI : 02, RU01040300212102000010801
location North Karelia ( Finland ),
Republic of Karelia ( Russia )
River system Neva
Drain over Neva  → Baltic Sea
source Tohmajärvi
62 ° 10 ′ 45 "  N , 30 ° 25 ′ 11"  E
Source height 80.2  m
muzzle North of Sortawala in Lake Ladoga Coordinates: 61 ° 44 ′ 13 ″  N , 30 ° 45 ′ 5 ″  E 61 ° 44 ′ 13 ″  N , 30 ° 45 ′ 5 ″  E
Mouth height m
Height difference 76.2 m
Bottom slope 0.95 ‰
length 80 km
Catchment area 1,594.6 km²
Right tributaries Kiteenjoki
Flowing lakes Rämeenjärvi , Pjalkjarwi , Ruokojarwi
Communities Helyla

The Tohmajoki ( Finnish ) or Tochmajoki , ( Russian Тохмайоки or short: Тохма, Tochma ) is a river in Finland and Russia . He springs from Lake Tohmajärvi in the same community of eastern Finnish landscape of North Karelia and flows in the Russian part of Karelia north of Sortavala in Ladoga , in turn, by the Neva River to the Baltic drained. It covers a distance of around 80 kilometers (including around 70 kilometers on the Russian side) and flows through the lakes Rämeenjärvi , Pjalkjarwi and Ruokojarwi . Shortly before it flows into Lake Ladoga, the Kiteenjoki meets the Tohmajoki when coming from the right. The catchment area of the Tohmajoki has a size of 1,594.6 km² and lies roughly equally on Finnish and Russian territory.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. JÄRVIWIKI - Tohmajärvi (02.013.1.001)
  2. a b Finnish Ministry of the Environment - Suomen päävesistöalueet -taulukko
  3. a b Tohmajoki in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)