The Kovda (russian: Ковда, fi, Koutajoki) is a river in the south of the

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in Murmansk Oblast and Republic of Karelia,

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. It is long, with a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of .Ковда (река)

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The Kovda originates in the

Lake Topozero Lake Topozero (, ) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of long, and a drainage basin of . It is 75.3 km long and 30.3 km wide. Maximum depth is about 50 m. There are more th ...

and flows through the lakes

Lake Pyaozero Lake Pyaozero (, ) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of 659 km², and it is drained by the river Kovda. There are many islands on the lake with total area of 186 km². A ...

and

Lake Kovdozero Lake Kovdozero () is a large freshwater lake in the southern Murmansk Oblast, northwestern part of Russia. There are many islands in the lake. The hydroelectric power plant was built in 1955, thus transforming the lake to the dam. The surface a ...

into the

Kandalaksha Gulf The Kandalaksha Gulf (, sms, Käddluhtt), fi, Kantalahti) is located in the Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia. Forming the north-western corner of the White Sea, it is one of four large bays and gulfs of this sea, ...

. 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 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 ...

, and Lake Kovdozero.

References

Rivers of Murmansk Oblast Rivers of the Republic of Karelia {{Russia-river-stub