page_title: Tartu County
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Tartu County / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Landscape in the western part of Tartu county
context_page_description: Tartu County, or Tartumaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
  It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
  The area of Tartu County is 2,992.74 km², which covers 6.9% of the territory of Estonia. In January 2013 Tartu County had a population of 150,139 – constituting 11.6% of the total population in Estonia. The city of Tartu is the centre of the county located at a distance of 186 km from Tallinn. Tartu County is divided into 8 local governments – 1 urban and 7 rural municipalities.
context_section_description: Tartu County lies in South Estonia, between Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipsi. Estonia's only navigable river, River Emajõgi (100 km long), flows through the county, connecting Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv. Wavy plains are typical landscapes of Tartu County. One third of the county is covered with forests, a third is cultivated. A quarter is made up of wetlands at the headwaters and lower course of the Emajõgi. In the northern part of the county, there are drumlin fields with lakes between them. Nature preserves take up about 10% of the county's territory, the biggest of them being Emajõe Suursoo and Alam-Pedja.
caption: Landscape in the western part of Tartu county
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