Vuoksi River
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In 1818 a canal, which was dug to drain spring flood waters from Lake Suvanto (now Lake Sukhodolskoye, a 40-km long narrow lake in the eastern part of the Karelian Isthmus) into Lake Ladoga, unexpectedly eroded and turned into Taipaleenjoki (now Burnaya River). Taipaleenjoki started draining Suvanto and decreased its level by 7 m. Originally waters of Lake Suvanto flowed into Vuoksi River through a waterway at Kiviniemi (now Losevo), but as a result of the change, the waterway dried out. In 1857 the channel was dug there, but the stream reversed direction, revealed rapids and rendered navigation at Kiviniemi impossible. Since 1857 Suvanto and Taipaleenjoki have constituted the southern armlet of Vuoksi River, which has decreased the level of the original northern armlet emptying into Ladoga near Kexholm (now Priozersk) by 4 m and become the main stream.
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| Vuoksa web-site and photo gallery Vuoksa web-site and photo gallery vuoksa.info - Web |
| Aerial photos from the River Vuoksi in Russia Aerial photos from the River Vuoksi in Russia www.ekarjala.fi/vivatvuoksia/kuvat.html - Web |
| History of Vuoksi History of Vuoksi www.loiro.ru/setevoe/priozersky/vuoksa.htm - Web |
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