River mouth Kola Bay Length 83 km Source elevation 140 m Country Russia | Basin size 3,850 km (1,490 sq mi) Discharge 40 m³/s Mouth Kola Bay | |
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Main source Lake Kolozero
140 m (460 ft) | ||
Kola (Russian: Кола) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 83 km long, with a drainage basin of 3,850 km². The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk. The neighbouring Tuloma River 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.
Map of r. Kola, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Kola River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA