Lutto River

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Lutto River Finnish: Luttojoki, Northern Sami: Lotto, Skolt Sami: Lått
Origin	Saariselkä
Mouth	Upper Tuloma Reservoir
Basin countries	Finland, Russia
Length	190

The Lutto River (Finnish: Luttojoki or Lutto, Northern Sami: Lotto or Lohttu, Skolt Sami: Lått, Russian: Лотта and Norwegian: Lotta) is a river that is part of the watercourse of the Tuloma River. It flows through the eastern parts of the municipalities of Inari and Sodankylä in Finland and in the southern part of Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Before the Pechenga area was ceded to the Russians, the entire Lutto River was within Finland’s borders.

The Lutto River starts from a small lake, Lake Lutto, in the northern part of the village of Saariselkä. From there, the river flows eastward, occasionally hugging the border between Inari and Sodankylä. Near Raja-Jooseppi, the Lutto River flows into Russia, turns northeast and empties into the western side of the Upper Tuloma Reservoir. From the east side of the reservoir then starts the Tuloma River. The river’s most significant tributary on the Finnish side of the border is the Suomu River.