The Amme (also known as Aame, Ame and Amedi) is a long

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

mostly in

Vooremaa Vooremaa ("Drumlin Land" in Estonian language, Estonian; also Saadjärv Drumlin Field) is a landscape region mostly in Jõgeva County, Estonia. It consists of drumlins and Depression (geology), depressions that were formed by Glacier ice accumu ...

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. It is a left

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

Emajõgi The Emajõgi (; meaning 'mother river') is a river in Estonia which flows from Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for . It has a length of . The Emajõgi is sometimes called the Suur E ...

. Its source is

Lake Kuremaa Lake Kuremaa (, ) is a lake in Jõgeva Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by th ...

near

Palamuse Palamuse is a small borough () in Jõgeva County, in Jõgeva Parish, Estonia, located about southeast of the town of Jõgeva. It is passed by the Amme River. With a population of 551 (as of 1 January 2011) Palamuse was the biggest settlement a ...

and it passes through the Kaiavere Lake, Elistvere Lake and drains into the

near the site of former

Kärkna Abbey Kärkna Abbey (; or ''Valkenau''), now ruined, was a former Cistercian monastery in Estonia. Situation The monastery was sited about 8 km north of Tartu (formerly Dorpat) in the village of Lammiku near the point where the Amme River f ...

. The basin area of the Amme is .

Gallery

File:Amme jõgi 1.jpg, The reservoir in

File:Palamuse veskijärv (Amme jõgi).jpg, Lake Palamuse, a reservoir on the Amme River File:Amme jõgi (3).jpg, Palamuse File:Amme jõgi.jpg, The lower course of the Amme

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Rivers of Estonia Landforms of Jõgeva County Landforms of Tartu County {{Estonia-river-stub