The Saula Blue Springs ( et, Saula Siniallikad) are freshwater springs located in
Saula Village,
Kose Parish
Kose Parish ( et, Kose vald) is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
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Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sou ...
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 ...
. There are three major springs that produce a flow of per second. The springs are differentiated by their color: Blue Spring (''Siniallikas'') is blue-green; Black Spring (''Mustallikas'') is brownish black; and White Spring (''Valgeallikas'') is blue-gray. The water from the springs flows into the
Pirita River
The Pirita ( et, Pirita jõgi) is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2.
For the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, the ...
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The springs are protected as a natural monument, as well as a cultural heritage site.
Gallery
File:Siniallikad_saula.jpg, Blue Spring
File:Ohvriallikad 'Saula Siniallikad', Mustallikas, 2011, regnr 18053.jpg, Black Spring
File:Ohvriallikad 'Saula Siniallikad', Valgeallikas (3), 2011, regnr 18053.jpg, White Spring
References
External links
Eesti maaturism: Saula Siniallikad(in Estonian; archived URL)
Saula Siniallikad EELISes(in Estonian)
Blue Springs of Saula Number 18053 in the State Register of Cultural Monuments (in Estonian)
Springs of Estonia
Tourist attractions in Harju County
Kose Parish
Landforms of Harju County
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