List of rivers of Finland

This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction.

Water flows from Finland directly to the Baltic Sea, which is divided here into the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, and the Archipelago Sea between them. Some rivers flow to Russia, ending either to Gulf of Finland or to the White Sea, and a few to the Arctic Ocean through Russia or Norway.

There are many lakes in Finland and this listing also includes several lakes through which the rivers flow or begin from. Due to the great number of lakes especially in the Finnish Lakeland, where watercourses tend to consist of chains of lakes rather than long rivers, some rivers with a large catchment area can also be quite short or there may only be a short rapid between large lakes, like for example Tammerkoski in Tampere.

Rivers flowing to the Gulf of Bothnia

• Torne River (Swedish: Torne älv, Finnish: Tornionjoki, in Tornio and Haparanda) - border with Sweden
  • Tengeliönjoki (in Aavasaksa)
  • Muonionjoki (Swedish: Muonio älv, near Pajala) - border with Sweden
    • Könkämäeno (Swedish: Könkämäälven, near Kaaresuvanto) - border with Sweden
      • Lätäseno (near Kaaresuvanto)
• Kemijoki (in Kemi)
  • Ounasjoki (in Rovaniemi)
    • Näkkäläjoki (near Hetta)
    • Käkkälöjoki (near Hetta)
  • Raudanjoki (near Oikarainen)
  • flows through lake Kemijärvi
  • Kitinen (near Pelkosenniemi)
    • Luiro (near Pelkosenniemi)
    • Jeesiöjoki (in Sodankylä)
  • Tenniöjoki (near Savukoski) – flows from Russia
    • Kuolajoki (in Salla) – flows from Russia
  • Värriöjoki (in Martti)
• Simojoki (in Simo)
• Iijoki (in Ii)
  • Siuruanjoki (in Yli-Ii)
  • Livojoki (near Pudasjärvi)
• Kiiminkijoki (in Haukipudas)
• Oulu River (in Oulu)
  • lake Oulujärvi
    • Kiehimänjoki (in Paltamo)
    • Kajaaninjoki (near Kajaani)
• Pyhäjoki River (in Pyhäjoki)
• Kalajoki River (in Kalajoki)
• Lestijoki (in Himanka)
• Perhonjoki (Swedish: Perho å, in Kokkola)
• Lapuanjoki (Swedish: Lappo å, in Nykarleby)
• Esse å (Finnish: Ähtävänjoki, near Jakobstad)
• Kyrönjoki (Swedish: Kyro älv, near Vaasa)
• Närpes å (Finnish: Närpiönjoki, near Närpes)
• Lappfjärds å (Finnish: Isojoki or Lapväärtinjoki, near Kristinestad)
• Karvianjoki (in Merikarvia and at two different points in Ahlainen, Pori, due to river bifurcation)
• Kokemäenjoki (in Pori)
  • Loimijoki (in Huittinen)
  • lakes Rautavesi and Kulovesi
    • Nokianvirta (in Nokia)
      • Lake Pyhäjärvi (south of Tampere)
        • Tammerkoski (in Tampere)
          • Lake Näsijärvi (north of Tampere)
        • Kuokkalankoski rapids (in Lempäälä)
          • Lake Vanajavesi (between Lempäälä, Valkeakoski and Hämeenlinna)
            • Valkeakoski rapids (in Valkeakoski)
              • Lake Mallasvesi (north of Valkeakoski)
• Eurajoki (in Eurajoki)
• Lapinjoki (in Eurajoki)

Rivers flowing to the Archipelago Sea

• Laajoki (in Mynämäki)
• Mynäjoki (in Mynämäki)
• Aurajoki (in Turku)
• Paimionjoki (in Paimio)
• Halikonjoki (in Halikko, Salo)
• Uskelanjoki (in Salo)
• Perniönjoki (in Perniö, Salo)
  • Kiskonjoki (in Kisko, Salo)

Rivers flowing to the Gulf of Finland

• Svartån (Finnish: Karjaanjoki, in Karis, Raseborg)
• Vantaa River (Finnish: Vantaanjoki, Swedish: Vanda å, in Helsinki)
  • Keravanjoki (in Vantaa)
• Porvoonjoki (Swedish: Borgå å, in Porvoo)
• Kymijoki (in Kotka and near Ruotsinpyhtää)
  • from Lake Päijänne
    • Jämsänjoki (in Jämsä)

Rivers flowing to Russia, to the Gulf of Finland

Water from these rivers flows through Lake Ladoga and Neva River to the sea.

• River Vuoksi (Russian: Вуокса, in Imatra)
  • lake Saimaa
    • To the interconnected lakes on the same level as Saimaa (for example Lake Pyhäselkä near Joensuu):
      • Höytiäisenkanava (in Joensuu) from lake Höytiäinen
      • Pielisjoki (in Joensuu) from lake Pielinen
        • Koitajoki (near Eno) from lake Koitere, flows partly in Russia
        • from lake Pielinen
          • Lieksanjoki, in Lieksa) from Lake Leksozero (Russian: Лексозеро, Finnish: Lieksajärvi) in Russia, through a chain of lakes
            • Tuulijoki (Russian: Тула) from Lake Tulos (Russian: Тулос, Finnish: Tuulijärvi) in Russia
• Jänisjoki (Russian: Янисйоки, in Värtsilä)
• Tohmajoki (Russian: Тохмайоки, in Tohmajärvi
  • Kiteenjoki (Russian: Китеенъёки), in Kitee
• Hiitolanjoki (Russian: Кокколанйоки), in Rautjärvi

Rivers flowing to Russia, to the White Sea

• Pistojoki (south-east of Kuusamo) - flows to the Kem River in Russia
  • Lakes Muojärvi and Kuusamojärvi in Kuusamo
• Oulankajoki (north-east of Kuusamo) - flows to the Kovda River in Russia
  • Kitkanjoki (near the Russian border) - flows to Oulankajoki in Finland near the Russian border
  • Kuusinkijoki (near the Russian border - flows to Oulankajoki in Russia near the Finnish border
• Tuntsajoki River (Russian: Тунтсайоки, in Salla) - flows to the Kovda River in Russia

Rivers flowing to Russia or Norway, to the Arctic Ocean

• Luttojoki (Russian: Лотта) - flows to the Tuloma River in Russia
• Paatsjoki (Norwegian: Pasvikelva, Russian: Паз or Патсойоки) - border between Norway and Russia
  • Lake Inari (Finnish: Inarijärvi)
    • Ivalojoki (near Ivalo)
    • Juutuanjoki (in the village of Inari)
      • Lake Paatari
        • Lemmenjoki
        • Vaskojoki
• Näätämöjoki (Norwegian: Neidenelva) - flows to Norway
• Tana (Finnish: Teno, Norwegian: Tanaelva) - flows to Norway, border between Finland and Norway
  • Utsjoki (in Utsjoki)
  • Inarijoki (Norwegian: Anarjohka) near Karigasniemi) - border between Finland and Norway

By length

This is a list of the rivers, exceeding 100 km, that are wholly or partly located within the borders of Finland.

River	Length (within Finland)	Border river	Total length	Notes
Kemijoki	550 km		550 km
Iijoki	330 km		330 km
Ounasjoki	298 km		298 km	Tributary to Kemijoki
Kitinen	278 km		278 km	Tributary to Kemijoki
Muonionjoki		230 km	230 km	Tributary to Tornionjoki, following the Finnish-Swedish border in its entirety
Luiro	227 km		227 km	Tributary to Kemijoki
Kymijoki	180 km		180 km
Tornionjoki		180 km	522 km	Border river between Finland and Sweden, partly in Sweden
Simojoki	172 km		172 km
Ivalojoki	170 km		170 km
Kiiminkijoki	170 km		170 km
Pyhäjoki	162 km		162 km
Perhonjoki	155 km		155 km
Tenojoki		152 km	344 km	Partly a border river between Finland and Norway, other part is in Norway
Siikajoki	152 km		152 km
Kokemäenjoki	150 km		150 km
Raudanjoki	150 km		150 km	Tributary to Kemijoki
Lapuanjoki	147 km		147 km
Porvoonjoki	130 km		130 km
Kalajoki	130 km		130 km
Kyrönjoki	127 km		127 km
Livojoki	125 km		125 km	Tributary to Iijoki
Siuruanjoki	120 km		120 km	Tributary to Iijoki
Loimijoki	114 km		114 km	Tributary to Kokemäenjoki
Karvianjoki	110 km		110 km
Vaskojoki	110 km		110 km
Oulujoki	107 km		107 km
Oulankajoki	105 km		135 km	partly in Russia
Nuorittajoki	105 km		105 km
Kiehimänjoki	105 km		105 km
Paimionjoki	105 km		105 km
Vantaanjoki	101 km		101 km
Lieksanjoki	80 km		132 km	beginning on the Russian side of the border
Tenniöjoki	62 km		126 km	Tributary to Kemijoki; about half of its length in Russia
Vuoksi	15 km		150 km	The majority is on the Russian side of the border

See also

• Category:Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea
• Category:Drainage basins of the Barents Sea

Further reading

• Ralf Saxén (1910), Finländska vattendragsnamn / Ralf Saxén, Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113396164

External links

Media related to Rivers of Finland at Wikimedia Commons

• Table of main watersheds in Finland, Finland’s environmental administration 29.12.2009 (in Finnish)
• Map of main watersheds in Finland, Finland’s environmental administration 29.12.2009 (in Finnish)