Loobu River

Loobu
Loobu near Porgaste.
Origin	Jõepere village in Pandivere
Mouth	Eru Bay, Gulf of Finland
Basin countries	Estonia
Length	62 km
Source elevation	90 m
Mouth elevation	0 m
Avg. discharge	2.5-3.0 m³/s
Basin area	308 km²

Loobu is river in Northern Estonia. Its source is about 12 km southwest from Rakvere in Lääne-Viru County and it drains into Eru Bay (part of Finnish Gulf) near the village of Vihasoo in Lahemaa National Park.

Its drainage basin is rather small and narrow, Loobu lacks any major tributaries.

At Joaveski, 10 km upstream from the river mouth, Loobu flows over the Baltic Klint, forming the Joaveski waterfall.

Kadrina (2600 inhabitants) is the only bigger settlement on the river.

References

• (Estonian) "Technical assistance for improvement of ecological quality of watercourses" (PDF). http://www.envir.ee/orb.aw/class=file/action=preview/id=1081607/Loobu+joe+KMH+aruanne.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-14.