Jakobselva (Sør-Varanger)

Limit mark on the shore of the Norwegian Jakobselva

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The Jakobselva (Russian Ворьема; Russian transcription. Worjema; nordsam Vuorján; Finnish Vuoremijoki ) is a 45 km long river in the far north of Scandinavia.

The river has its source in the Russian Rajon Pechenga, flows in a northerly direction, then runs between the municipality of Sør -Varanger in Finnmark county and the Murmansk Oblast. It here forms the border between Norway and Russia. Finally, the Jakobselva flows near the Norwegian settlement Grense Jakobselv in a small estuary and flows of the Varanger Fjord in the Barents Sea off.

The catchment area is 236.44 km ², the average discharge at the mouth of 4.13 m³ / s In the period 1920-1944, the river was the border between Norway and Finland. The river is regarded as excellent salmon river. Along the river section, which forms the border, but the fishing is allowed only under very specific circumstances and only for a certain group of people.