Kem River

Catchment area and the course of the river Kem

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Kem (Russian Кемь, Finnish Kemi ) is a 191 km long river in the Republic of Karelia in Russia. It has its origin in the lake Nischneje Kuito and flows through a number of lakes to the White Sea. There is a chain of five hydroelectric power plants along the river course. The town of the same name located at the mouth of the Kem Kem. Important tributaries are Tschirka -Kem and Okhta of right and Kepa and Schomba from the left.

Hydropower plants

• Juschkoserskuju GES (1971-1980, 18 MW)
• Beloporožskuju GES (1992-1999, 130 MW)
• Krivoporožskaja GES (1977-1991, 180 MW)
• Poduschemskaja GES (1968-1971, 48 MW)
• Putkinskaja GES (1962-1967, 84 MW)