Pechenga River

The Pechenga (Russian Печенга; Finnish Petsamo; norwegian Petsjenga; North Sami Beahcán; . Skoltsam Peäccam ) is a river that runs in the north- west of the Kola Peninsula ( the Murmansk Oblast, Russia).

Geography

The river is 101 km long and drains an area of an area of 1820 km ². The Pechenga has its origin in the lake Mometjauri. It flows in a northeasterly direction and opens the port of Pechenga in the Petschengafjord, a narrow bay of the Barents Sea west of the fishing peninsula a few kilometers from the Norwegian border. The largest tributaries are Namajoki and Small Pechenga ( Малая Печенга ). It flows through the lakes Pijedsjaur ( ⊙ 69.08892629.987347 ) Kijedgjaur ( ⊙ 69.1127730.111016 ) Ruosseljaur ( ⊙ 69.13193630.237274 ) and Kallojaur ( ⊙ 69.21487630.629565 ). On the banks of the river to the monastery of Pechenga. The river is contaminated due to degradation of natural resources in its catchment area heavily with heavy metals.

Hydrometrie

The outflow of Pechenga was removed over a period of 36 years ( 1957-1992 ) at Pechenga, 8 km from the mouth in the Barents Sea, is recorded. Case, the average annual runoff was 23.4 m³ / s The lowest runoff was measured in the month of March with 5.48 m³ / s, while the largest outflow in the month of May was observed with s 73 m³ /. The minimum monthly runoff in the above period occurred in March 1985 with 3.00 m³ / s, the biggest monthly outflow of 155 m³ / s in May 1963.

Mean monthly runoff of Pechenga ( in m³ / s) at the level Pechenga measured over a period of 36 years