**Archived extract:** 2026-10-09 (UTC). Frozen data; observation dates are shown as captured. [View the current site](/)

# Kitinen river

The Kitinen is a European river flowing through Finland. As of 2026-10-08, the Kitinen was flowing at about 79.26 m³/s at the Kitinen, Vajukoski gauge.

**Canonical name:** Kitinen

**Countries:** Finland

**Maximum upstream drainage area:** 1,388 km²

**Mapped river length:** 33.6 km

**Gauging stations:** 2

**Latest measured discharge:** 79.26 m³/s (Kitinen, Vajukoski, 2026-10-08)

## Gauging stations on the Kitinen

The following 2 gauging stations report discharge for the Kitinen, ordered downstream (largest catchment first). Discharge is in cubic metres per second (m³/s).

| Station | Country | Discharge (m³/s) | Historical Comparison | Observed | Measurement | Data quality | Provider | Lat, Lon | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kitinen, Vajukoski | Finland | 79.26 | Above normal — 94% above the historic median | 2026-10-08 | daily mean | SYKE flag 108 | Finnish Environment Institute | 67.693, 26.806 | [source](https://www.syke.fi/en/environmental-data/open-web-services/environmental-data-apis) |
| Matarakoski | Finland | 86.23 | Much above normal — 82% above the historic median | 2026-10-08 | daily mean | SYKE flag 108 | Finnish Environment Institute | 67.584, 26.749 | [source](https://www.syke.fi/en/environmental-data/open-web-services/environmental-data-apis) |

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## Data, sources & timestamps

Geometry is the HydroRIVERS network (HydroSHEDS): European reaches with at least 500 km² of upstream catchment, merged into chains between confluences. Flow direction comes from the network itself; river names are the canonical English label joined from provider metadata and Natural Earth, with local-language aliases retained.

Discharge is normalised observed streamflow from official national hydrology providers, measured where a gauge sits on the river and interpolated between gauges. Pale/estimated values are derived from drainage area × the local specific discharge of nearby gauges and are never presented as measurements.

Underlying dataset built 2026-10-09T12:15:16.537822+00:00. This page generated 2026-10-09T12:20:30.802Z. Discharge values carry their own observation dates in the table above.

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