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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 ...
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The 686 kilometres (426 mi) long river's drainage basin is 42,500 square kilometres (16,400 sq mi). [1] The Klyazma usually freezes up in November and stays under the ice until mid-April, although in faster-moving stretches ice-free water occurs until the air temperature drops below −10 °C (14 °F).
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 ...
The Northern Dvina (Се́верная Двина́, IPA: [ˈsʲevʲɪrnəjə dvʲɪˈna]; Komi: Вы́нва, romanized: Výnva) is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean.
Moskva River in Kolomna, just upstream from its confluence with the Oka River Moskva River in central Moscow, view towards the Kremlin. The river is 473 km (294 mi) long (or 502 km (312 mi)), [10] and the area of its drainage basin is 17,600 km 2 (6,800 sq mi). [11] It has a vertical drop of 155 m (509 ft) (long-term average).
The Katun (Russian: Катунь; Altay: Кадын) is a river in the Altai Republic and the Altai Krai of Russia. It forms the Ob as it joins the Biya some 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Biysk. [3] The Katun is 688 kilometres (428 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 60,900 square kilometres (23,500 sq mi). [4]
The ancient Greeks called the river Hypanis. Kuban River gave its name to the Kuban Cossacks who settled in its basin in the 18th–19th centuries. During the Russian conquest of the Caucasus it was part of the North Caucasus Line. The delta of Kuban is an important rice-growing region of Russia.