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Võhandu River
Sign in to saveThe Võhandu () is the longest river entirely in Estonia. It is long and drains . The river begins near the village of Saverna in Põlva County and empties into Lake Lämmi, part of Lake Peipus.
Key facts
- River.name
- Võhandu
- River.image
- Võhandu Viira müüri juures.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Võhandu at Viira Wall
- River.source1_location
- near Saverna
- River.mouth_location
- Lake Lämmi
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Estonia
- River.length_km
- 166
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1426
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Setomaa Rural Municipality
- Image
- Räpina järv (Võhandu jõgi).JPG
- Length
- 165.1
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- Commons category
- Võhandu River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Lake Pihkva
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- watershed area
- 1401.7
- origin of the watercourse
- Saverna
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
The Võhandu () is the longest river entirely in Estonia. It is long and drains . The river begins near the village of Saverna in Põlva County and empties into Lake Lämmi, part of Lake Peipus.
In 1964, a protected area was established in the Võhandu Valley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Võhandu River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations