Paatsjoki
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The Paatsjoki River (, , , , , , Paz or Patsoyoki) is a river that flows through Finland, Norway, and Russia. Since 1826, the river has marked parts of the Norway–Russia border, except from 1920 to 1944 when it was along the Finland–Norway border.
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- Paatsjoki River
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- Harefossen and the Paatsjoki River
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- Interactive map of the river
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- Lake Inari
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- Bøkfjorden
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The Paatsjoki River (, , , , , , Paz or Patsoyoki) is a river that flows through Finland, Norway, and Russia. Since 1826, the river has marked parts of the Norway–Russia border, except from 1920 to 1944 when it was along the Finland–Norway border.
The river is the outlet for the large Lake Inari in Finland and flows through Norway and Russia to discharge into the Bøkfjorden (which later flows into the Varangerfjorden and then the Barents Sea), not far from the town of Kirkenes. The river has a watershed of , and is long. A series of hydroelectric stations, known as the Paatsjoki River Hydroelectric Plants, are along the river. Five of those seven power stations are Russian.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paatsjoki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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