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The Volga is the longest river in Europe, and its catchment area is almost entirely inside Russia, though the longest river in Russia is the Ob–Irtysh river system. [3] It belongs to the closed basin of the Caspian Sea, being the longest river to flow into a closed basin. The source of the Volga lies in the village of Volgoverkhov'e in Tver ...
' Along the Volga '), is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russia. The Volga region is culturally separated into three sections: Upper Volga Region – from the Volga River's source in Tver Oblast to the mouth of the Oka River in ...
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing ...
English: Map Russia highlighting the Volga Federal district as of 2018-11-03.. Español: Ubicación del Distrito Federal del Volga en la Federación Rusa Русский: Приволжский федеральный округ
The Volga, widely seen as Russia's national river due to its historical and cultural importance, is the longest river in Europe, [23] it rises in the Valdai Hills west of Moscow and meandering southeastward for 3,510 kilometres (2,180 mi) before emptying into the Caspian Sea. Altogether, the Volga system drains about 1.4 million square ...
Lower Samara from space flowing left into Volga river, Ural River at lower right. The Samara (Russian: Сама́ра, IPA:) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the Volga at the city of Samara. [1] Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. [2]
The Volga–Baltic Waterway (boxed area) and the entire Volga River in relation to the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. In Soviet times, the Mariinsk canal system was constantly improved. Two locks were built on the Svir River (in 1936 and 1952); 3 locks were built on the Sheksna River. Major improvement of the Volga–Baltic Waterway took place in ...
The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe and occurs where Europe's largest river system, the Volga River drains into the Caspian Sea in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, north-east of the republic of Kalmykia. The delta is located in the Caspian Depression—the far eastern part of the delta lies in Kazakhstan.