Iokanga [2] (outdated. Yokanga [3] ) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in the Murmansk Region of Russia .
| Yokanga | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 203 km |
| Swimming pool | 6020 km² |
| Water consumption | 175 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | Alozero |
| • Location | Caves |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Barents Sea |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
| Region | Murmansk region |
| Area | Lovozero district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
Description
Length - 203 [3] km (the third longest on the peninsula). The pool area is 6020 [3] km².
The source is located in the north of the Keiva Upland at the exit from Alozero [4] . The current passes through several lakes. It flows into the Yokang Bay of the Svyatonososky Gulf on the Murmansk coast of the Barents Sea [5] , 10 km southeast of the city of Ostrovnoy .
The banks in the upper reaches are low, in the lower canyon-like . It’s empty , forms waterfalls. Food is mainly snow and rain. The average water flow rate is 74.5 m³ / s [6] . Alloy.
It is planned to build the Yokang hydroelectric power station on the river with a total capacity of 386 MW and a production of 680 million kWh.
Probably the word “Yokanga” can come from two Sami roots of “yoks” - “river” and “ang” - “gently sloping hill” and literally it can be translated as “river on a hill slope” [7] .
Tributaries
( from the mouth, the length in km is indicated in parentheses [3] )
- 5.1 km ave: Pulonga (35)
- Lake Yokang: Sentei (12)
- Lake Yokang: Iniuzi (18)
- 24 km BGN: Khlebny (10)
- 26 km ave: Lyliyok (50)
- 36 km lv: Cold (12)
- 44 km lv: Tideyok (17)
- 45 km lv: Akimanaeiya (14)
- 52 km lv: Pokkruay (19)
- 60 km ave: Goose (11)
- 63 km ave: Adiyok (20)
- 72 km ave: Puyva (44)
- 76 km avenue: Sukhaya (97)
- 96 km pr: Sesyu (19)
- 115 km lv: no name (22)
- 137 km lv: Chumskjok (16)
- 149 km lv: no name (10)
- 158 km pr: untitled (12)
- 168 km BGN: Tichka (31)
- Lake Kalmozero: Rowa (49)
- Lake Ketkozero: untitled (20)
- 187 km ave: untitled (42)
- 193 km ave: untitled (10)
In total, 778 rivers and streams with a total length of 2693 km flow into the river, and in the river basin there are 7221 lakes with a total area of 313 km².
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 1. Kola Peninsula / ed. Yu.A. Yelshin. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1969 .-- 134 p.
- ↑ Yokang // Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other countries - members of the CIS / ed. G.I. Donidze. - M .: Kartgeotsentr - Geodezizdat, 1999 .-- S. 148. - ISBN 5-86066-017-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 State Water Register . Yokanga River (Yokanga) . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Map sheet Q-37-I, II Krasnoshchelye . Scale: 1: 200,000.
- ↑ Map sheet Q-37-III, IV p. Lilyyok . Scale: 1: 200,000.
- ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Minkin A.A. - Murmansk: Murmansk Book Publishing House, 1976.