Valgejõgi is a river in Northern Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. Its source is in Lake Porkuni in Pandivere

Pandivere

Pandivere is a village in Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It has a population of 101 .The surrounding upland Pandivere Heights is named after the village....

 (Lääne-Viru County) and it drains into Hara Bay (part of Finnish Gulf) at Loksa

Loksa

Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, northern Estonia. It has a population of 3,403 and covers an area of 3.81 km².The Valgejõgi river runs through Loksa and drains there into Hara Bay.-History:...

 (Harju County

Harju County

Harju County , or Harjumaa , nowadays one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west.528,468 people...

).

Geography

Valgejõgi lacks any major tributaries. Its drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 is long and narrow, dominated by forests and wetlands (more than 2/3 of total area). Agricultural land use is concentrated in the upper section of drainage basin, while forests dominate in the middle and lower sections, where the river borders the Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve

Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve

Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve is a protected area in Harju County, Northern Estonia, some 50 km east of Tallinn. With an area of 130.9 km2, it is the third largest nature reserve in Estonia...

 and flows through Lahemaa National Park

Lahemaa National Park

Lahemaa National Park is located on Northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from capital Tallinn. Its area covers 725 km² . It was the first national park of the former Soviet Union...

. The towns of Loksa

Loksa

Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, northern Estonia. It has a population of 3,403 and covers an area of 3.81 km².The Valgejõgi river runs through Loksa and drains there into Hara Bay.-History:...

 (in the mouth) and Tapa

Tapa, Estonia

Tapa is a town in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. Located at the junction of the country's Tallinn-Narva and Tallinn-Tartu-Valga railway lines, it is an important centre of transit for freight as well as rail passengers...

 (about 17 km from the source) are the only bigger setllements on the river.

Nõmmeveski waterfall

19 km upstream from the river mouth the river flows over the Baltic Klint

Baltic Klint

The Baltic Klint is an erosional limestone escarpment on several islands of the Baltic Sea, in Estonia and in Leningrad Oblast of Russia...

, forming the Nõmmeveski

Nõmmeveski

Nõmmeveski is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia....

 waterfall. The waterfall and Nõmmeveski canyon (several tens of meters deep and a few hundred meters long) are a popular tourist destination in Lahemaa National Park

Lahemaa National Park

Lahemaa National Park is located on Northern Estonia, 70 kilometers east from capital Tallinn. Its area covers 725 km² . It was the first national park of the former Soviet Union...

.