The Jägala is a long river in northern
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
that flows into the
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...
in
Jõesuu, Harju county.
The river runs mostly north-west and through
Järva and
Harju counties.
Jägala waterfall Jägala may refer to:
* Jägala, Estonia
*Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala
**Jägala Waterfall, a waterfall along the river
*Jägala concentration camp, a Nazi concentration camp
**Kalevi-Liiva
Kalevi-Liiva are sand dunes in Jõe ...
, the highest waterfall in Estonia, is located on the river.
Several reservoirs are located on the river.
Kehra pulp mill is located on the left bank of the river. The river is part of the
Tallinn water supply system
Tallinn water supply system is a water supply system that provides potable water to Estonia's capital city Tallinn.
90% of Tallinn's potable water is produced from the surface water. The heart of the system Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant is lo ...
. The basin area of the river is .
The river contains populations of
trout
Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salmoni ...
and
grayling.
See also
*
List of rivers of Estonia
Rivers of Estonia are short and mostly have small discharge. Only 10 rivers are longer than 100 km. The largest river is Narva (length 77 km) on the Estonian–Russian border, whose average discharge is larger than that of all other riv ...
References
Rivers of Estonia
Landforms of Harju County
Landforms of Ida-Viru County
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