The Loobu is a 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 ...

. Its source is about 12 km southwest from

Rakvere Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern ...

and it drains into

Eru Bay Eru Bay ( et, Eru laht, also et, Mungalaht) is bay in Kuusalu Parish (Harju County) and Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County in Estonia; the bay is part of Gulf of Finland. Area of the bay is 7656 ha. The bay is bordered by Pärispea Peninsula a ...

(part of

Finnish Gulf 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 ...

) near the village of

Vihasoo Vihasoo is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia, on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. It is situated around the mouth of the Loobu River to the Eru Bay Eru Bay ( et, Eru laht, also et, Mungalaht) is bay in Kuusa ...

Lahemaa National Park Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) is to the south. Its area covers 747 km2 (including 274.9&nbs ...

. Its

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, t ...

is rather small and narrow, Loobu lacks any major tributaries. At

Joaveski Joaveski is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia, on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. It lies at the Loobu River The Loobu is a river in Northern Estonia. Its source is about 12 km southwest from Rakvere ...

, 10 km upstream from its mouth, the Loobu flows over the

Baltic Klint The Baltic Klint (Clint, Glint; et, Balti klint, sv, Baltiska klinten, russian: Балтийско-Ладожский уступ, Глинт) is an erosional limestone escarpment and cuesta on several islands of the Baltic Sea, in Estonia, in ...

, forming the Joaveski Waterfall.

Kadrina Kadrina is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Kadrina Parish. Kadrina is located in the crossing point of Tallinn–Saint Petersburg (Tallinn–Narva) railway, Pärnu– R ...

(population: 2,600) is the only significant settlement on the river.

Gallery

File:Undla veskijärv (Loobu jõgi).JPG,

Undla Undla is a village and settlement in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It lies on the left bank of the Loobu River, just northwest of Kadrina, the administrative centre of the municipality ...

impounded lake on the Loobu File:Loobu jõe "kalatrepp".JPG, A

fish ladder A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movemen ...

on the Loobu File:Joaveski juga.jpg, The

Waterfall

References

* Rivers of Estonia Landforms of Lääne-Viru County {{Estonia-river-stub