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Õhne
The Õhne (also known as the Suislepa and the Hoomuli River; ) is a long river in southern Estonia. Its source is Veisjärv, a lake in Viljandi County, and it empties into Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrts. It also flows some kilometres in Latvia, where it is known as the ''Omuļupe'' or ''Ehne''. The basin area of Õhne is 573 km2. The populated places of Tõrva, Vooru, and Suislepa are located on the Õhne River. Gallery File:Ohne-jogi1.JPG, File:Ohne jogi.jpg, File:Õhne jõgi 2010.jpg, File:Õhne jõgi Suislepa külas.jpg, References Rivers of Estonia Rivers of Latvia Landforms of Viljandi County International rivers of Europe {{Latvia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suislepa
Suislepa is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in Tarvastu Parish.The population as of 2014 was 305 people. It is 42 km (26 miles) southeast of the town of Viljandi, near the southern coast of Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrts. History The village of Suislepa is located near the Õhne River (also called the Suislepa, Omuli, and Omeli), first mentioned in 1478 in the German chronicles ''Omelsche Hecke'' by Baltic German settlers. In the 17th century, the German nobles Jürgen Schütte Bultler and Franz Scutten began building a large manor in Suislepa. The estate went through a succession of owners until it fell into ruin in the early 19th century. In 1805, Major Karl Gustav von Krüdener Moritz, the son of German Baron von Mengden, began construction on the new Suislepa manor house and outbuildings. The new mansion was located high on the left bank of the Õhne River and was comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tõrva
Tõrva () is a town () in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. It is located on the banks of the Õhne River. Tõrva has an area of and a population of 2,800 (as of 1 January 2009), making it the second largest of the three towns in Valga County. The borough () of Tõrva gained its town rights on 2 July 1926. The town's last mayor, Maido Ruusmann, was elected on 5 November 2013. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities The former municipality of Tõrva (until 2017) was twinned with: Gallery File:Keskväljak.jpg, Town square File:Kauplus-Elamu Tõrvas Valga t. 4.jpg, Businesses in Tõrva File:Torva gymnasium.jpg, Tõrva Gymnasium File:Õhnejõe hoiuala Tõrvalinnavalitsuse juures mai 2014 255.jpg, Õhne river conservation area File:Tõrva church 2008 1.jpg, Tõrva church File:Tõrva Linnaraamatukogu 2016 juuli.jpg, Town library File:Vanamõisa järv lennult.jpg, Lake Vanamõisa File:Vabadussõja mälestussammas.jpg, Restored Estonian War of Indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vooru
Vooru (locally, Vuuru) is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It is 34 km (21 miles) southeast of the town of Viljandi, 2 km (1 mile) south of the village of Suislepa, near the southern border of Valga County and the Õhne river. As of 2011, the population of Vooru was 65, a decrease from 101 in the 2000 census. The ruins of the pre-Christian Vooru Castle hill fort are located in Vooru. The castle was built in the middle 6th-7th centuries AD and was in use until the 11th century. It was the largest stronghold of the native Livonian population in Viljandi County from that era. Archaeological excavations of the ruins in 1969-1970 reveal the stronghold was burned on at least three occasions before being abandoned. The site is now on the National Register of Cultural Monuments. The first recorded mention of Vooru (German: ''Worroküll'') as a settlement was in 1583, where a manor house built by Baltic German nobility stood. A later manor house and outb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veisjärv
Veisjärv is a lake of Estonia located on the borders of Mulgi Parish and Viljandi Parish in Viljandi County next to the village of Veisjärve. The Õhne River flows into Veisjärv. See also *List of lakes of Estonia ''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.'' Largest lakes All lakes ''List is incomplete'' See also * External links {{Europe topic, List of lakes of * Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a ... Lakes of Estonia Viljandi Parish Mulgi Parish Lakes of Viljandi County {{viljandi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Võrtsjärv
Lake Võrtsjärv ( ; ) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²). It is the second largest lake in Estonia (after Lake Peipus), and the largest lake situated entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake is 33.7 m (111 ft) above sea level. The Emajõgi river flows from Lake Võrtsjärv to Lake Peipus. History The lake basin existed before the last Ice Age, but was then transformed by moving ice sheets which partly eroded the lake wall and partly filled the depression with deposits. In its present form the lake has existed since the Middle Holocene. It was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, where it is called ''Worcegerwe''. Geography The relatively low shores of the lake are swampy in the south and sandy in the north. On the eastern shore, there is a coastal abrasion near the village of Tamme; these cliffs have yielded a number of fossils of Devonian fish, which have been compared to similar fossils found in Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Estonia ...
Rivers of Estonia are short and mostly have a small discharge. Only 10 rivers are longer than 100 km. The largest river is the Narva (length 77 km) on the Estonian–Russian border, whose average discharge is larger than that of all other rivers combined. Longest rivers List of rivers ''List is incomplete.'' ReferencesEstonica: The hydrographic network* {{List of rivers of Europe Estonia Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Latvia
Rivers of Latvia include: Longest rivers Rivers over 100 km: List of rivers A Abava - - Aiviekste - Amata - B Bārta - Bērze - C Cena - Ceraukste D - Daugava - Dienvidsusēja - - Dubna - Dvina E Engure - F Feimanka G Gauja H I Iecava - Irbe River J * * (), length of about 15 km K - Kūkova - L Langa - Lielā Jugla - Lielupe - Liepupe - - - Ludza M Malta - - - Mazā Jugla - Mēmele - - - Misa - Mūsa N Neretiņa O - Ogre - Omuļupe P Pededze - Pedele - - - - - - R - Reiu - Rēzekne - - Rītupe - - - Rūja S - Salaca - Slocene - Stende - - Suda - Sventāja - Svēte T Tartaks - Tebra - V - Venta - Z Zilupe References {{List of rivers of Europe * Latvia Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Viljandi County
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, cliffs, hills, mounds, peninsulas, ridges, rivers, valleys, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
