Kymi River

The Kymi River in Kotka

The Kymi (Swedish Kymmene älv ) is a river in Southern Finland.

The Kymi River is 180-203 km long. He entfließt the Päijänne in Central Finland. The Kymi River branches off from the sea in which belonging to the town of Kotka Pernoo village, about 12 km. In Kotka it opens at five locations in the Gulf of Finland.

The river was the landscape Kymi her name. It is the largest river of Southern Finland and is also used for the generation of hydroelectric energy. The cities of Kotka, Anjalankoski and Kuusankoski use the river for domestic pulp industry.

The western estuary of Kymi was under the provisions of the Treaty of Åbo ( 1743) to 1809, the eastern border of the Swedish kingdom; fallen to Russia in the 18th century territory east of the river is called Altfinnland.