Vohandu River
The Võhandu is the longest river entirely in Estonia. It is 166 km long and drains 1,426 km2. The river begins near the village of Saverna in Põlva County and empties into Lake Lämmi, part of Lake Peipus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Estonia
- Also known as: “Reka Pyukha”, “Reka Vykhandu”, “Vagula”, “Võ”, “Võhandu”, “Vohandu Jogi”, “Võhandu River”, “Voo Jõgi”, “Vykhandu-Yygi”, and “Woo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Võõpsu Eukterion and Beresje Umbjärv.
Beresje Umbjärv
Lake
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Beresje Umbjärv is a lake, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Vohandu River.
Lüübnitsa Umbjärv
Lake
Lüübnitsa Umbjärv is a lake in Estonia. It is located in the village of Lüübnitsa in Setomaa Parish, Võru County. Lüübnitsa Umbjärv is situated 3½ km southeast of Vohandu River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beresje and Räpina.
Beresje
Hamlet
Beresje is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. The village of Beresje represents a typical fishermen village, where all the houses are built in rows parallel to the shore of the Lake Pihkva. Beresje is situated 2½ km southeast of Vohandu River.
Räpina
Town
Photo: Vaido Otsar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Räpina is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterprise in Räpina is a paper factory that opened in 1734. Räpina is situated 4½ km west of Vohandu River.
Linte
Hamlet
Linte is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. Linte is situated 8 km northwest of Vohandu River.
Vohandu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Põlva County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Vohandu River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վիհանդու”
- Asturian: “Ríu Võhandu”
- Basque: “Võhandu”
- Belarusian: “Выханду”
- Bosnian: “Võhandu”
- Catalan: “Võhandu”
- Cebuano: “Võhandu Jõgi”
- Chinese: “沃汉杜河”
- Chinese: “沃漢杜河”
- Croatian: “Võhandu”
- Czech: “Võhandu”
- Czech: “Voo”
- Dutch: “Pühajõgi”
- Dutch: “Võhandu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ڤوهاندو”
- Estonian: “Hoboala jõgi”
- Estonian: “Pühajõgi”
- Estonian: “Pühäjõgi”
- Estonian: “Võhandu jõgi”
- Finnish: “Võhandu jõgi”
- French: “Võhandu”
- Galician: “río Võhandu”
- Galician: “Río Võhandu”
- Georgian: “ვიჰანდუ”
- German: “Võhandu”
- Greek: “Βόχαντου”
- Hungarian: “Võhandu-folyó”
- Hungarian: “Võhandu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Võhandu”
- Japanese: “ヴォハントゥ川”
- Japanese: “ヴォハンドゥ川”
- Japanese: “ヴハンドゥ川”
- Latvian: “Vehandu”
- Lithuanian: “Vehandu”
- Lithuanian: “Vyhandu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Võhandu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Võhanduelva”
- Norwegian: “Võhandu”
- Persian: “رود ووهاندو”
- Polish: “Võhandu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Vohandu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Võhandu”
- Russian: “Выханду”
- Serbian: “Виханду”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Võhandu”
- Spanish: “Võhandu”
- Swedish: “Võhandu jõgi”
- Swedish: “Võhandu Jõgi”
- Turkish: “Võhandu Nehri”
- Turkish: “Võhandu”
- Ukrainian: “Виганду (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Виганду”
- Võro: “Hoboala oja”
- Võro: “Lajavangu jõgi”
- Võro: “Pihkva jõgi”
- Võro: “Pühäjõgi”
- Võro: “Ritsike jõgi”
- Võro: “Türmäjõgi”
- Võro: “Tüürä jõgi”
- Võro: “Võhandu jõgi”
- Võro: “Võhandu”
- Welsh: “Afon Võhandu”
- “Võhandu jõgi”
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