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  2. Narva (river) - Wikipedia

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    A similar length of land far to the south, together with it and a much longer intermediate lake, Lake Peipus, all together nowadays form the international border between Estonia and Russia. The river gives its name to the archaeological Narva culture, as well as the city of Narva. Narva is the third most populous urban area in Estonia, and ...

  3. Estonia–Russia border - Wikipedia

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    The present-day borderline between Russia and Estonia may be traced back to the 13th century when the Livonian Crusade halted on the border with Pskovian lands east of Pskovo-Chudskoye or Peipus lake basin, the Narva River and minor rivers to the south from the lake.

  4. Geography of Estonia - Wikipedia

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    The largest of them, Lake Peipus (3,555 km 2 or 1,373 sq mi), forms much of the border between Estonia and Russia. [2] Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake (270 km 2 or 104 sq mi). [2] The Narva and Emajõgi are among the most important of the country's many rivers. [2]

  5. Estonia says Russia removed navigation buoys on border river

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    The Narva river runs from a lake between Russia and Estonia and ends up in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Baltic Sea. The Russian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for ...

  6. Estonia - Wikipedia

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    Estonia contains over 1,560 natural lakes, with Lake Peipus, located on the border with Russia, and Võrtsjärv in central Estonia being the largest. The distribution of these lakes is uneven, with the largest concentrations found in southeastern and southern Estonia, while large areas of western and central Estonia are devoid of any lakes.

  7. Chud - Wikipedia

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    Kievan Rus 1030–1113. The lands of the Chuds are shown in the north. Chud or Chude (Old East Slavic: чудь, romanized: čudǐ, Finnish: tšuudi, Northern Sami: čuhti) is a term historically applied in the early East Slavic annals to several Baltic Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia [1] and Northwestern Russia. [2]

  8. Piusa (river) - Wikipedia

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    The Piusa (Russian: Пиуза Piuza or Пимжа Pimzha) is a river in southeastern Estonia and, for the last 14 km before draining into Lake Pihkva, in Pskov Oblast, Russia. For a 17 km section near Pechory, the Piusa is the border river between Estonia and Russia. [1] The Piusa has the greatest drop of all Estonian rivers (214 metres). [2]

  9. List of lakes of Estonia - Wikipedia

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    Arbi Lake Arojärv: Auksi: Eistvere lake Engli Lake Elistvere Lake: Erastvere Lake Erastvere: Lake Ermistu: 456.2 2.9 1.3 19,545 Haanja kõverjärv: Harju Bay Saare County Earlier was a bay Lake Harku: Hilba: Lake Hino: Holvandi Kivijärv: Hüüdru: Illi lakes: Lake Imatu: Imatu: Lake Jaala: Jaala: Jalase Lake 2.5 Jänukjärv: Lake Järvemäe ...