# Kitkajoki

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**Kitkajoki** or **Kitkanjoki** is a river of [Finland](/source/Finland). It begins from the lake Ala-Kitka that is connected to the lake [Yli-Kitka](/source/Yli-Kitka) in the municipalities of [Posio](/source/Posio) and [Kuusamo](/source/Kuusamo) in the region of [Northern Ostrobothnia](/source/Northern_Ostrobothnia) and flows then towards Russia joining the river [Oulankajoki](/source/Oulankajoki) near the Russian border. It is a part of the [Kovda](/source/Kovda) river system in Russia and Finland from which the waters flow to the [White Sea](/source/White_Sea).[1]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Finland](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Finland)

## References

1. [http://www.joet.info/kitkajoki.htm](http://www.joet.info/kitkajoki.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240906171919/https://www.joet.info/kitkajoki.htm) 2024-09-06 at the Wayback Machine *Joet.info, finnish*

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