The Kuolajoki (, ) is a river in
Murmansk Oblast
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,
Russia
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and in
Lapland,
Finland
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. It is long. The area of its
basin is . The Kuolajoki originates in the Lake Kuolayarvi in Russia and flows into the river
Tenniöjoki
The Tenniöjoki is a river in Russia and Finland. It begins in Murmansk Oblast in Russia from where it flows into Finnish territory in Lapland region. It is a tributary of Kemijoki and one of its tributaries is Kuolajoki which also begins on t ...
in Finland. Its biggest
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 ...
is the
Kolsanoya.
Rivers of Murmansk Oblast
Rivers of Finland
Kemijoki basin
Rivers of Salla
International rivers of Europe
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