Kivach
Kivach Falls is a 10.7-m-high cascade waterfall in Russia. It is located on the Suna River in the Kondopoga District, Republic of Karelia and gives its name to the Kivach Natural Reserve, founded in 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Momsfjoms, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: waterfall in Karelia, Russia
- Also known as: “Kivach Falls”, “Kivach waterfall”, and “Posëlok Kivach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kivach Nature Reserve.
Kivach Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Vsatinet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kivach Nature Reserve is a Russian 'zapovednik' established in 1931 to study and protect taiga of the Republic of Karelia. The site includes the famous 10.4 meter Kivach waterfall on the Suna River. Kivach Nature Reserve is situated 4 km northwest of Kivach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kivach and Vikshitsa.
Vikshitsa
Hamlet
Photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Public domain.
Vikshitsa is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Kivach.
Munozero
Hamlet
Photo: Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Munozero is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km west of Kivach.
Kivach
- Category: waterfall
- Location: Karelia, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Kivach” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կիվաչ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kivaç”
- Bashkir: “Кивач”
- Chechen: “Кивач”
- Chinese: “基瓦奇瀑布”
- Czech: “Kivačské vodopády”
- Czech: “Vodopády Kivač”
- Eastern Mari: “Кивач”
- Finnish: “Kivatsu”
- Finnish: “Kivatsunkoski”
- French: “Chute de Kivatch”
- French: “Kivach”
- French: “Kivatch”
- German: “Kiwatsch”
- Latin: “Kivacz”
- Latvian: “Kivačs”
- Lithuanian: “Kivačas”
- Lithuanian: “Kivačo krioklys”
- Livvi: “Kivačču”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kivatsjfossen”
- Norwegian: “Kivatsj”
- Russian: “Кивач”
- Spanish: “Kivach”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vodopad Kivach and Zapovednik Kivach.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kivach”. Photo: Momsfjoms, Public domain.