Jägala
The Jägala is a 98.8 km -long river in northern Estonia that flows into the Gulf of Finland in Jõesuu, Harju County. The river runs mostly northwest and through Järva and Harju counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Estonia
- Also known as: “Iegala Iygi”, “Jagala Jogi”, “Jägala River”, “Jaggowal”, “Reka Yagala-Yygi”, “Yagala”, “Yagala Yygi”, “Yaggoval’”, and “Yagoval’”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jägala Waterfall and Jägala Jõesuu hill fort.
Jägala Waterfall
Waterfall
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Jägala Waterfall is a waterfall in northern Estonia on the Jägala River. It is the largest natural waterfall in Estonia, with a width of about 50 meters and a height of about 8 meters. Jägala Waterfall is situated 3½ km southeast of Jägala.
Jägala Jõesuu hill fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Loodushuviline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jägala Jõesuu hill fort is an archaeological site.
Old phosphate mine of Ülgase
Cave
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Old phosphate mine of Ülgase is a cave, which is situated 4 km west of Jägala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rebala and Koogi.
Rebala
Hamlet
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Rebala is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. Rebala Heritage Reserve is named after Rebala village. It covers around 70 square kilometres and contains more than 300 archaeological remains including stone-cist graves and cup-marked stones from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Rebala is situated 4 km southwest of Jägala.
Koogi
Hamlet
Koogi is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It's lies on the left bank of the Jägala river. The Tallinn–Narva road passes Koogi and has an intersection with Jägala–Aegviidu–Käravete road. Koogi has 95 inhabitants. Koogi is situated 4 km south of Jägala.
Neeme
Hamlet
Photo: Sillerkiil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neeme is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. Neeme is situated 6 km north of Jägala.
Jägala
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Jägala” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Jägala”
- Belarusian: “Ягала”
- Cebuano: “Jägala Jõgi”
- Chinese: “耶加拉河”
- Czech: “Jägala”
- Danish: “Jägala”
- Dutch: “Jägala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چاجالا”
- Estonian: “Jägala jõgi”
- Estonian: “Jägala”
- Finnish: “Jägala jõgi”
- Finnish: “Jägalajoki”
- French: “Jägala”
- German: “Jägala”
- Irish: “Jägala”
- Japanese: “イェガラ川”
- Ladin: “Jägala”
- Latvian: “Jegala”
- Lithuanian: “Jegala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jägala jõgi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jägala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jägalajõgi”
- Norwegian: “Jägala jõgi”
- Persian: “یگالا (رود)”
- Persian: “یگالا”
- Polish: “Jägala (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Jägala”
- Russian: “Ягала”
- Serbian: “Јагала”
- Serbian: “Јагалајиги”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jägala”
- Slovenian: “Jägala”
- Spanish: “Jagala”
- Spanish: “Jägala”
- Spanish: “Rio Jagala”
- Spanish: “Rio Jägala”
- Spanish: “Río Jagala”
- Spanish: “Río Jägala”
- Swedish: “Jägala jõgi”
- Ukrainian: “Ягала”
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Localities in the Area
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