Tuloma River
| Tuloma (Russian: Тулома, translit. Tuloma, Skolt Sami: Tuållâmjokk) | |
| Finnish: Tuulomajoki, Northern Sami: Doallánjohka | |
| River | |
| Region | Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
|---|---|
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Lutto |
| - right | Pecha, Ulita |
| Source | Nota River |
| - location | Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Kola Bay, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| Length | 64 km (40 mi) |
| Basin | 21,500 km2 (8,301 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Kola Bay |
| - average | 255 m3/s (9,005 cu ft/s) |
The Tuloma River (Russian: Тулома, translit. Tuloma, Skolt Sami: Tuållâmjokk, Northern Sami: Doallánjohka and Finnish: Tuulomajoki) is a river in Murmansk Oblast in Russia. With a drainage basin of 21,500 square kilometres (8,300 sq mi) and an average discharge at 255 m³/s, the Tuloma is one of the biggest rivers in northern Fennoscandia.
The river has its sources in the Saariselkä mountains in the eastern parts of the Lapland region in Finland. The Tuloma River itself is formed by the confluence of the Lutto and Nota rivers at Lake Notozero. Its outflow is in the Kola Bay, at the confluence with the Kola River and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Murmansk in the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
There are two hydroelectric power stations on the Tuloma. The Lower Tuloma was finished in 1938, and is located at the town of Murmashi, close to the rivers outflow into the Kola Bay. The dam raised the river by 19 metres (62 ft), and the resulting reservoir was 60 kilometres (37 mi) long.
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