| Pirita | |
| Source1 Location: | Pususoo, Järva County |
| Mouth Location: | Tallinn Bay, Gulf of Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Estonia |
| Length: | 105km (65miles) |
| Source1 Elevation: | 75m (246feet) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 8m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 799km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Kuivajõgi, Tuhala |
| Tributaries Right: | Leivajõgi |
The Pirita (Estonian: Pirita jõgi) is a 105km (65miles) long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2.[1]
For the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, the estuary to the Gulf of Finland at Tallinn Bay hosted the sailing events.[2]
As part of the Tallinn water supply system, the Pirita is impounded into the Paunküla and Vaskjala Reservoirs. The reservoir in Vaskjala is connected over a canal to the Lake Ülemiste in Tallinn, where the Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant is situated. Additional water is directed to the Pirita from the Jägala, Soodla and Pärnu rivers through a canal network that joins the Pirita in Veskitaguse.