The Lotta ( fi, Luttojoki or Lutto, se, Lotto or Lohttu, sms, Lått, russian: Лотта and no, Lotta) is a river that is part of the

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of the Tuloma. It flows through the eastern parts of the municipalities of

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and

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and in the southern part of

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. Before the Pechenga area was ceded to the Russians, the entire river was within Finland's borders. 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.

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* Rivers of Finland Rivers of Murmansk Oblast Tributaries of the Tuloma Rivers of Inari, Finland Rivers of Sodankylä International rivers of Europe {{Russia-river-stub