Lieksanjoki or Lenderka (russian: Лендерка) is a river of Finland and Russia that begins in the
Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (ru ...
in Russia. It flows into the Lake
Pielinen
Pielinen ( sv, Pielisjärvi) is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of equally distributed between eastern Finland and Russia. The creation of the lake and its outlet is attributed to a post-glacial isostatic rebound, w ...
in
Northern Karelia, Finland. Parts of its basin in Russia are the lakes
Lake Leksozero and
Lake Tulos in the Republic of Karelia. The river itself is a part the
Vuoksi River
The Vuoksi (russian: Вуокса, historically: "Uzerva"; fi, Vuoksi; sv, Vuoksen) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The r ...
basin in Finland and Russia, which in turn is a part of the
Neva basin in Russia.
See also
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Lieksa
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List of rivers of Finland
This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction.
Water flows from Finland directly to the B ...
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Rivers of Finland
Rivers of the Republic of Karelia
Tributaries of the Vuoksi
International rivers of Europe
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