Kem (White Sea)

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Kem
Кемь, Kemijoki
Kem prokudin.jpg
Data
Water code RU02020000812102000002697
location Republic of Karelia ( Russia )
River system Kem
Drain over Kem → White Sea
origin in the lake Nizhneje Kuito
64 ° 52 ′ 44 ″  N , 31 ° 56 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height 100  m
muzzle near Kem in the White Sea Coordinates: 64 ° 57 ′ 19 ″  N , 34 ° 40 ′ 28 ″  E 64 ° 57 ′ 19 ″  N , 34 ° 40 ′ 28 ″  E
Mouth height m
Height difference 100 m
Bottom slope 0.52 ‰
length 191 km
Catchment area 27,700 km²
Discharge at the Juschkosero
A Eo gauge : 19,800 km²
Location: 172 km above the mouth
MNQ 1928/1987
MQ 1928/1987
Mq 1928/1987
MHQ 1928/1987
90 m³ / s
190 m³ / s
9.6 l / (s km²)
353 m³ / s
Discharge at the Schomba
A Eo gauge : 24,700 km²
Location: 87 km above the mouth
MNQ 1960/1986
MQ 1960/1986
Mq 1960/1986
MHQ 1960/1986
109 m³ / s
254 m³ / s
10.3 l / (s km²)
447 m³ / s
Discharge at the Poduschemje
A Eo gauge : 27,900 km²
Location: 18 km above the mouth
MNQ 1917/1966
MQ 1917/1966
Mq 1917/1966
MHQ 1917/1966
97 m³ / s
256 m³ / s
9.2 l / (s km²)
498 m³ / s
Discharge at the Putkinskaya
A Eo gauge : 27,700 km²
Location: 5.7 km above the mouth
MNQ 1968/1988
MQ 1968/1988
Mq 1968/1988
MHQ 1968/1988
134 m³ / s
279 m³ / s
10.1 l / (s km²)
532 m³ / s
Left tributaries Kepa , Shomba
Right tributaries Tschirka-Kem , Ochta
Flowing lakes Euschijarvi , Chapjarwi , Julijarwi , Juschkojarvi , Kurojarvi , Kuljanjarvi , Panojarvi
Small towns Kem
The catchment area and course of the River Kem

The catchment area and course of the River Kem

Kem ( Russian Кемь , Finnish Kemijoki ) is a 191 km long river in the Republic of Karelia in Russia . It has its origin in Lake Nizhneye Kuito and flows through a number of lakes to the White Sea . There is a chain of five hydroelectric plants along the river. The city of the same name Kem is located at the mouth of the Kem. Important tributaries are Tschirka-Kem and Ochta from the right and Kepa and Schomba from the left.

Hydropower plants

  • Yushkoserskaya GES (1971–1980, 18 MW)
  • Beloporoschskaja GES (1992–1999, 130 MW)
  • Kriwoporoschskaja GES (1977–1991, 180 MW)
  • Poduschemskaja GES (1968–1971, 48 MW)
  • Putkinskaya GES (1962–1967, 84 MW)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b Kem in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  2. a b Article Kem in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D060620~2a%3DKem~2b%3DKem
  3. Kem at the Juschkosero gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  4. Kem at the Schomba gauge - hydrographic data at R-ArcticNET
  5. Kem at the Poduschemje gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
  6. Kem at the Putkinskaya gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET