Selja
The Selja River is a river in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. The river is 47.7 km long, and its basin size is 422.6 km2. It runs into the Gulf of Finland. Trout and grayling live in the river.Photo: Mustronk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Estonia
- Also known as: “Päide Jõgi”, “Papioru Jõgi”, “Sel’ya”, “Selja Jogi”, “Selja River”, and “Selja-Yygi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toolse Order Castle.
Toolse Order Castle
Photo: Abrget47j, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Toolse Order Castle is situated 4 km east of Selja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rutja Air Base and Vainupea.
Rutja Air Base
Locality
Rutja Airfield, also known as Kunda Airfield, is a disused airfield in Estonia, located 13 km west of Kunda in the territory of the villages of Rutja and Kiva. Rutja Air Base is situated 5 km west of Selja.
Vainupea
Hamlet
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vainupea is a coastal village in northern Estonia. Administratively, it is part of Haljala Parish, a municipality of Lääne-Viru County, and includes the island of Vaindloo, the northernmost point of Estonia. Vainupea is situated 8 km northwest of Selja.
Selja
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lääne-Viru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Selja” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Selja Jõgi”
- Estonian: “Karepa jõgi”
- Estonian: “Rutja jõgi”
- Estonian: “Selgejõgi”
- Estonian: “Selja jõgi”
- Polish: “Selja (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Selja”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Selja”
- Swedish: “Selja jõgi”
- Swedish: “Selja Jõgi”
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Localities in the Area
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