Kola
Kola is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 68.10°, 33.29°
About Kola
The Kola (Russian: Кола) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 83 kilometres (52 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,850 square kilometres (1,490 sq mi). The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk. The neighbouring river Tuloma has its mouth just one kilometer to the west. The average discharge is 40 m3/s, but there are large seasonal variations. Its largest tributaries is Kitza and Orlovka from the right, and Tukhta and Medvezhya from the left. The only town on the river is also called Kola.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Kola (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Kola: Key Facts
| Length | 83 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 44 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 3,850 km² |
| Source | Kolozero |
| Mouth | Kola Bay |
| Tributaries | Medvezhya, Tukhta |
Facts from Wikidata Q1149171 (CC0).
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Surrounding Terrain
Kola: Quick Answers
- Where is Kola?
- Kola is located in Russia, at 68.1022° N, 33.2880° E.
- Are there dams on the Kola?
- No dam on the Kola is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.