The Loobu is a river in northern

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 ...

. Its source is about 12 km southwest of

Rakvere Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Id ...

and it drains into Eru Bay (part of Finnish Gulf) near the village of Vihasoo in

Lahemaa National Park Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from the capital Tallinn. The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) to the south. Its area covers 747 km2 (including 274.9 ...

. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

is rather small and narrow. The Loobu lacks any major tributaries. At

Joaveski Joaveski is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern 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 ...

, 10 km upstream from its mouth, the Loobu flows over the

Baltic Klint The Baltic Klint (Clint, Glint; , , ) is an erosional limestone escarpment and cuesta on several islands of the Baltic Sea, in Estonia, in Leningrad Oblast of Russia and in the islands of Gotland and Öland of Sweden. It was featured on the reve ...

, forming Joaveski Falls. Kadrina (population: 2,600) is the only significant settlement on the river.

Gallery

File:Undla veskijärv (Loobu jõgi).JPG, Undla, an impounded lake on the Loobu File:Loobu jõe "kalatrepp".JPG, A

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on the Loobu File:Joaveski juga.jpg,

Falls

References

* Rivers of Estonia Landforms of Lääne-Viru County {{Estonia-river-stub