Teriberka River (;
) is a
river
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in the north of the
Kola Peninsula
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in
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...
,
Russia
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. It flows into the
Barents Sea
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about 50 km east of
Murmansk
Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
There are two
hydroelectric
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power stations on the Teriberka River, with a total capacity of 157
MW and an annual production of 290
GWh. The village of
Teriberka is located at its mouth.
References
Rivers of Murmansk Oblast
Drainage basins of the Barents Sea
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