Lokka Reservoir

The Lokka Reservoir [ lɔk ː ɑ ] (Finnish Lokan tekojärvi ) is located in Finland north of the Arctic Circle in the municipality of Sodankylä. He is probably the largest surface reservoir in Europe west of the Dnieper. Its maximum area is 417 km ²; at low water is only 216 km ².

The planning of the reservoir began in the 1950s. On December 7, 1966, the building permit was issued, and in 1967 the dam was finished. The shut-off is a dam. The main purpose of hydropower generation. 675 GWh are produced. The water level fluctuates during operation 245-240 m above sea level. The memory content is 2.1 billion cubic meters, of which 1.444 billion are the controllable operating room.

The reservoir is located in the boreal zone of Finland in the small towns and Lokka Hanhireikä. The jammed watercourse is the river Luiro, a tributary of Kemi. Another large reservoir of Finland is the Porttipahta Lake. Since 1981, water is passed through the Vuotso channel to Porttipahta Lake from Lokka reservoir.

The lake is rich in fish. Many birds live here, of which the eagle is the most famous.