Lapland Taiga

The interior of the Kola Peninsula is a country of lakes, wetlands and northern forest. In the southwest the waters of Imandra lie beneath the Khibiny mountains, divided into broad basins by narrow straits. Farther north the forest gives way to tundra. The Niva drains Imandra towards the Kandalaksha Gulf, joining the inland lake country to the White Sea through a chain of river waters.