Dalniye Zelenstsy

In the interior of the Kola Peninsula, the Kuksha flows through the upper Ponoy basin. Its waters join the Ponoy, a river that crosses the peninsula eastward to the White Sea. The upper river winds through forest tundra and wet ground dotted with shallow lakes. Farther downstream, Kamensky Sámi communities used the Ponoy valley for fishing and maintained winter and summer settlements within their territory. Salmon ascend the Ponoy from the White Sea.