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Also known as Kitkanjoki

Kitkajoki or Kitkanjoki is a river of Finland. It begins from the lake Ala-Kitka that is connected to the lake Yli-Kitka in the municipalities of Posio and Kuusamo in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia and flows then towards Russia joining the river Oulankajoki near the Russian border. It is a part of the Kovda river system in Russia and Finland from which the waters flow to the White Sea.

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Instance of
river
Country
Finland
Located in
Kuusamo
Elevation
172
Image
Karhunkierros (173358369).jpg
Length
35
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Commons category
Kitkajoki
mouth of the watercourse
Oulankajoki
origin of the watercourse
Kitkajärvi
waterbody number
FI/73.02

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Kitkajoki or Kitkanjoki is a river of Finland. It begins from the lake Ala-Kitka that is connected to the lake Yli-Kitka in the municipalities of Posio and Kuusamo in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia and flows then towards Russia joining the river Oulankajoki near the Russian border. It is a part of the Kovda river system in Russia and Finland from which the waters flow to the White Sea.

==See also== List of rivers of Finland

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kitkajoki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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