Yli-Kitka
Sign in to saveYli-Kitka is a lake in Finland, in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Posio. The lake is connected to the medium-sized lake Ala-Kitka at Kilkilösalmi strait. Yli-Kitka combined with Ala-Kitka is the largest unregulated lake in Finland. Together they are called Kitkajärvi or simply Kitka. Riisitunturi National Park is located north of the lake. From Ala-Kitka the waters flow through the Kitkanjoki river to the Oulankajoki river which is part of the Kovda River basin that drains into the White Sea in Russia.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Yli-Kitka is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Finland, lake and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Geography articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia, Kovda basin and Lakes of Kuusamo.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Kitkajärvi
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kuusamo
- Area
- 237.31
- Elevation
- 240
- Image
- Yli-Kitka.jpg
- Width
- 9
- Length
- 48
- Perimeter
- 623.237
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Encyclopedic overview
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Yli-Kitka is a lake in Finland, in the municipalities of Kuusamo and Posio. The lake is connected to the medium-sized lake Ala-Kitka at Kilkilösalmi strait. Yli-Kitka combined with Ala-Kitka is the largest unregulated lake in Finland. Together they are called Kitkajärvi or simply Kitka. Riisitunturi National Park is located north of the lake. From Ala-Kitka the waters flow through the Kitkanjoki river to the Oulankajoki river which is part of the Kovda River basin that drains into the White Sea in Russia.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yli-Kitka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations