The Lotta ( fi, Luttojoki or Lutto, se, Lotto or Lohttu, sms, Lått, russian: Лотта and no, Lotta) is a river that is part of the
watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are ...
of the
Tuloma. It flows through the eastern parts of the municipalities of
Inari
Inari may refer to:
Shinto
* Inari Ōkami, a Shinto spirit
** Mount Inari in Japan, site of Fushimi Inari-taisha, the main Shinto shrine to Inari
** Inari Shrine, shrines to the Shinto god Inari
* Inari-zushi, a type of sushi
Places
* Inari, ...
and
Sodankylä
Sodankylä (; sme, Soađegilli ; smn, Suáđigil; sms, Suäʹđjel) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the northern end of Highway 5 ( E63) and along Highway 4 ( E75). The Kitinen River flows ne ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
and in the southern part of
Pechenga in
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
,
Russia
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. Before the Pechenga area was ceded to the Russians, the entire river was within Finland's borders.
The Lutto starts from a small lake, Lake Lutto, in the northern part of the village of
Saariselkä
Saariselkä (Inari Sami: ''Suolluščielgi,'' se, Suoločielgi, literally ''islandback'') is a fell area in Lapland, northern Finland. It is located in the Inari, Savukoski and Sodankylä municipalities. The highest point is high Mt Sokusti. T ...
. From there, the river flows eastward, occasionally hugging the border between Inari and Sodankylä. Near
Raja-Jooseppi, it enters Russia, turns northeast and empties into the western side of the
Verkhnetulomskoye Reservoir
The Verkhnetulomskoye Reservoir (russian: Верхнетуломское водохранилище) is a large reservoir on the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It impounds the river Tuloma. It was constructed in 1964-1965, and has an ar ...
, which is drained by the river
Tuloma. The river's most significant tributary on the Finnish side of the border is the Suomu.
Лотта is also a nickname for Russian road 47А-059.
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Rivers of Finland
Rivers of Murmansk Oblast
Tributaries of the Tuloma
Rivers of Inari, Finland
Rivers of Sodankylä
International rivers of Europe
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