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Emajõgi
Sign in to saveThe Emajõgi (; ) is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for . It has a length of .
Key facts
- River.name
- Emajõgi
- River.image
- Tartu, Estonia (54190669177).jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Emajõgi in Tartu
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Estonia
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Tartu County
- River.length_km
- 100
- River.source1
- Võrtsjärv
- River.mouth
- Lake Peipus
- River.basin_size_km2
- 9740
- River.tributaries_left
- Pedja, Laeva, Amme
- River.tributaries_right
- Elva, Porijõgi, Ahja
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Elevation
- 29.5
- Image
- Tartu asv2022-04 img35 View from Emajõe Tower.jpg
- Length
- 99.6
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- origin of the watercourse
- Võrtsjärv
- Commons category
- Emajõgi
- mouth of the watercourse
- Lake Peipus
- category for the water basin
- Q9450728
- watershed area
- 9628.1
- discharge
- 70.1
- P6482
- Emajõgi
- basin country
- Latvia
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Course
- History
- Crossings
- References
The Emajõgi (; ) is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for . It has a length of .
The Emajõgi is sometimes called the Suur Emajõgi ('Great Emajõgi'), in contrast with the Väike Emajõgi ('Little Emajõgi'), another river which flows into the southern end of Lake Võrtsjärv.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emajõgi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (13)
On the map
3 mapped locations