The Kovda ( Russian : Ковда , Finnish : Koutajoki ) is a river in the south of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast and Republic of Karelia , Russia . It is 233 kilometres (145 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 26,100 square kilometres (10,100 sq mi). The Kovda originates in the Lake Topozero and flows through the lakes Lake Pyaozero and Lake Kovdozero into the Kandalaksha Gulf .
4-550: The drainage basin of the Kovda includes the biggest lakes of the north of the Republic of Karelia and the south of Murmansk Oblast, such as Lake Topozero, Lake Pyaozero, Lake Tikshozero , and Lake Kovdozero. This Murmansk Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Republic of Karelia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
8-703: A gulf which serves as the outflow of the Pudos River is located in Murmansk Oblast. The biggest island on the lake is Kaygas Island, located in the northwestern part of the lake. The main inflow of the lake is also the Lopskaya River, also known in this stretch as the Bolshaya River. Th catchment area of Lake Tikshozero is relatively small for a lake of this area. It includes areas in the north of Loukhsky District, mostly located southwest of
12-795: A river in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lake Tikshozero Lake Tikshozero ( Russian : Тикшеозеро, Тикшозеро , Finnish Tiiksjärvi ) is a freshwater lake, located in Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia and in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast in Russia . It is one of the biggest lakes in Karelia. The area of the lake is 209 square kilometres (81 sq mi), and
16-689: The area of its basin is 1,080 square kilometres (420 sq mi). The outflow of the lake of the Lopskaya , which flows north as two separate streams (the Pudos and the Vincha) into Lake Kovdozero and belongs to the drainage basin of the Kovda and of the White Sea . The lake has a very sophisticated form, with a big number of islands. Almost all of the lake area lies in the Republic of Karelia, and only
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