Tuloma
Tuloma 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
- 68.82°, 32.59°
About Tuloma
The Tuloma (Russian: Тулома, romanized: Tuloma, Skolt Sami: Tuållâmjokk, Northern Sami: Doallánjohka and Finnish: Tuulomajoki) is a river in Murmansk Oblast in Russia. With a drainage basin of 21,500 square kilometres (8,300 sq mi) and an average discharge at 255 m3/s, the Tuloma is one of the biggest rivers in northern Fennoscandia.
The river has its sources in the Saariselkä mountains in the eastern parts of the Lapland region in Finland. The Tuloma itself is formed by the confluence of the rivers Lotta and Nota rivers in the Verkhnetulomskoye Reservoir (formerly Lake Notozero). Its outflow is in the Kola Bay, at the confluence with the river Kola and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Murmansk in the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Tuloma (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Tuloma: Key Facts
| Length | 64 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 241 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 21,500 km² |
| Source | Lower Tuloma Reservoir |
| Mouth | Kola Bay |
| Drainage system | Tuloma basin |
| Tributaries | Lutto, Gremyakha, Kozha, Medvezhya, Pak, Pecha, Ulita, Shovna |
Facts from Wikidata Q1341908 (CC0).
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Water Bodies in the Catchment
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Surrounding Terrain
Tuloma: Quick Answers
- Where is Tuloma?
- Tuloma is located in Russia, at 68.8225° N, 32.5891° E.
- Are there dams on the Tuloma?
- No dam on the Tuloma is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.