Lotta (river)

The Lotta (Finnish: Luttojoki or Lutto, Northern Sami: Lotto or Lohttu, Skolt Sami: Lått, Russian: Лотта and Norwegian: Lotta) is a river that is part of the watercourse of the Tuloma. It flows through the eastern parts of the municipalities of Inari and Sodankylä in Finland and in the southern part of Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Before the Pechenga area was ceded to the Russians, the entire river was within Finland's borders.

Lotta, Lutto
Luttojoki in Inari, Finland
Native nameFinnish: Luttojoki, Northern Sami: Lotto, Skolt Sami: Lått
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSaariselkä
MouthVerkhnetulomskoye Reservoir
  coordinates
68.685°N 30.539°E / 68.685; 30.539
Length190 kilometres (120 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionVerkhnetulomskoye ReservoirTulomaBarents Sea

The Lutto starts from a small lake, Lake Lutto, in the northern part of the village of Saariselkä. From there, the river flows eastward, occasionally hugging the border between Inari and Sodankylä. Near Raja-Jooseppi, it enters Russia, turns northeast and empties into the western side of the Verkhnetulomskoye Reservoir, which is drained by the river Tuloma. The river's most significant tributary on the Finnish side of the border is the Suomu.

Лотта is also a nickname for Russian road 47А-059.[1][2]

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