Pärnu River
The Pärnu is a river in Estonia. It drains into Pärnu Bay, which is an inlet of the Gulf of Riga. At 144 km, it is one of the longest rivers in Estonia, with a basin area of 6,920 km2 and an average discharge of 64.4 m³/s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Estonia
- Also known as: “Pärnu”, “Parnu Jogi”, “Parnu River”, “Perna Fluss”, and “Pernau”
- Historically known as: “Pärna Jõgi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seedri front light beacon and Pärnu Rannastaadion.
Pärnu Rannastaadion
Stadium
Photo: KristianPikner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pärnu Rannastaadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Pärnu, Estonia, and the home ground of Pärnu JK Vaprus. The stadium was opened after reconstruction in 2016 and seats 1,501.
Tallinn Gate
Photo: Ewa Dryjanska, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tallinn Gate is a city gate in the historical fortifications of Pärnu, Estonia. The gate may have been constructed to designs by Erik Dahlbergh during the time of Swedish rule of Estonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pärnu and Valgeranna.
Pärnu
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pärnu is a resort seaside city with a small harbour in south-western Estonia. The city is known for its spas, shallow white sandy beach and beautiful parks.
Valgeranna
Photo: Fotofann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Valgeranna is a village in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. It is located just south of Audru, on the coast of Pärnu Bay. The city of Pärnu is located 7 km east.
Pärnu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Pärnu River” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lumi Pärnu”
- Armenian: “Պյառնու գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Pärnu”
- Azerbaijani: “Pyarnu çayı”
- Basque: “Pärnu ibaia”
- Basque: “Pärnu”
- Belarusian: “Пярну”
- Cebuano: “Pärnu Jõgi”
- Chinese: “派尔努河”
- Chinese: “派爾努河”
- Croatian: “Pärnu”
- Czech: “Pärnu jõgi”
- Czech: “Pärnu”
- Czech: “Pernava”
- Danish: “Pærnu”
- Danish: “Pärnu”
- Dutch: “Pärnu”
- Erzya: “Пярну лей”
- Esperanto: “Pärnu (rivero)”
- Esperanto: “Pärnu”
- Estonian: “Pärnu jõgi”
- Estonian: “Pärnu Jõgi”
- Estonian: “Perona jõgi”
- Finnish: “Pärnunjoki”
- French: “Fleuve Pärnu”
- French: “Parnu”
- French: “Pärnu”
- Galician: “Río Pärnu”
- Georgian: “პიარნუ”
- German: “Pärnu”
- Greek: “Πάρνου”
- Hebrew: “פרנו”
- Hungarian: “Pärnu-folyó”
- Hungarian: “Pärnu”
- Iban: “Sungai Pärnu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pärnu”
- Italian: “Pärnu”
- Korean: “패르누강”
- Ladin: “Pärnu”
- Latin: “Mater Aquarum”
- Latvian: “Pērnava”
- Latvian: “Pernu”
- Lithuanian: “Pernu”
- Lithuanian: “Piarnu upė”
- Lithuanian: “Piarnu”
- Macedonian: “Перну”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pärnu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Pärnu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pärnuelva”
- Norwegian: “Pärnu”
- Persian: “رود پارنو”
- Polish: “Parnawa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Parnu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Pärnu”
- Romanian: “Pärnu”
- Romanian: “Râul Pärnu”
- Russian: “Пернава”
- Russian: “Пернова”
- Russian: “Пярну (река)”
- Russian: “Пярну”
- Serbian: “Pjarnu”
- Serbian: “Парну”
- Serbian: “Пјарну”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pärnu”
- Spanish: “Rio Parnu”
- Spanish: “Rio Pärnu”
- Spanish: “Río Parnu”
- Spanish: “Río Pärnu”
- Swedish: “Pärnu”
- Swedish: “Pärnufloden”
- Turkish: “Parnu Nehri”
- Turkish: “Pärnu Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Пярну”
- Vietnamese: “sông Parnu”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Pärnu”
- Welsh: “Afon Pärnu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vana-Pärnu and Loosi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ammende Villa and Sauga.
Estonia: Must-Visit Destinations
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