River
Kasari River
115 km from source to mouth · Estonia.
EstoniaFlows into Matsalu Bay5th longest in Estonia
In numbers
Length
115km
Average flow
37m³/s
Basin
3,213km²
Drop
50m
from 51 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
115 km of river and 5 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 51 m
- 79 kmVanamõisa Rivertributary
- 79 kmAllika Rivertributary
- 83 kmVigala Rivertributary
- 96 kmLiivi Rivertributary
- 114 kmTuudi Rivertributary
- 115 kmMatsalu Bayat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Estonia
At the mouth it carries 37 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 67 seconds. It drops from 51 m to 1 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,213 km², about the size of LU. 30,000 people live in it. Highest water: April; lowest: from January to March and July. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- LihulaLargest city on its banks · 1,457 people
- Pärnu Airport (EPU)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 47 km from the cityCar hire at TLL airport (Tallinn)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Kasari River, month by month
Highest water: April
Lowest water: from January to March and July. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 16 m³/s in the lowest month to 140 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Kasari River: the basin in numbers
3,245 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 30,000people live in the basin
- 9/km²people per km²
- 38maverage altitude of the basin
- 667mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 5.4°Caverage air temperature
- 20%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 42% Forest
- 18% Cropland
- 2% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Kasari River: what you find on the way
- 1Boat ramps
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Kasari River in our other atlases
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29islands off the mouthIslandyas
Islands off the mouth (29)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Kesselaid24 km away1.7km²
- Tauksi17 km away2.5km²
- Hobulaid28 km away0.8km²
- Rukkirahu26 km away
- Suurrahu4.5 km away
- Liialaid21 km away
- Kumari24 km away
- Uuluti islet28 km away
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Kasari River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (12)
Also: Vigala River, Liivi River, Penijõgi, Tuudi River, Vardi River, Allika River, Luiste River, Vanamõisa River, Ellamaa Stream, Jutapere River, Konnaveski River, Urevere Stream
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Estonia145 km48 m³/s61 km awayNavesti RiverEstonia102 km280 m³/s72 km awayKeila RiverEstonia112 km8.6 m³/s76 km awayPirita RiverEstonia107 km7.5 m³/s99 km awaySalaca
Latvia99 km31 m³/s119 km awayDaugavaLatvia1,020 km680 m³/s194 km awayGaujaLatvia453 km71 m³/s183 km awayPedja RiverEstonia125 km11 m³/s156 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1636630) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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