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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 {{Russia-river-stub